Allium, bearded iris, euphorbia, and nepeta plants in the award-winning Daily Telegraph Garden, designed by Tom Stuart-Smith, at the 2006 Royal Horticultural Society Chelsea Flower Show, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

People in Carnival costume, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Traditional Indian bangles at The Amber Fort a Rajput fort built 16th Century in Jaipur, Rajasthan, Northern India

Studio shot, close-up of a pink tulip (tulipa) flower

Close-up of stigma and stamen inside a pink tulip (tulipa) flower

Close-up of flowering campanula Monic

Close-up of the flower of a banana plant, island of Martinique, French Lesser Antilles, West Indies, Central America

Artichokes for sale in a fruit and vegetable market in Rennes, France

Heather, ling and gorse in summer, Dunwich Heath, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

cinerea cv: aberdeen botanical gardens aberdeen, scotland

Wild flower meadow with vipers bugloss and red campion. Scotland, UK

scots pine, pinus sylvestris, single tree, mid-summer, speyside, scotland

chicory, cichorium intybus, flowers, pasiene, latvia

redshank: tringa totanus, at high tide. jan montrose basin, angus,scot.

scots pine, pinus sylvestris, at dusk, glen lethnot, angus, scot.

Lonely tree at sunrise on a frosty autumn day ,monthshausen, Bavaria, Germany

Reeds and waterfowl, barnacle geese, Lake Starnberg, Seeshaupt, Bavaria, Germany

Morning mist on a frosty autumn day, Tutzing, Bavaria, Germany

Waterfowl, barnacle geese, on Lake Starnberg, winter rest, Seeshaupt, Bavaria, Germany

Snow-covered boat hut with jetty, Lake Starnberg, Tutzing, Bavaria, Germany

Jetty on Lake Starnberg at sunset with a view of the mountains, St. Heinrich, Bavaria, Germany

Autumn morning mood at Lake Starnberg, Bernried, Bavaria, Germany

Entrance and terrace of a restaurant in Trinidad, Cuba

Jetty on Lake Starnberg at sunset with a view of the mountains, St. Heinrich, Bavaria, Germany

Classic car parked under bougainville tree

Jetty on Lake Starnberg at sunset with a view of the mountains, St. Heinrich, Bavaria, Germany

Jetty on Lake Starnberg at sunset with a view of the mountains, St. Heinrich, Bavaria, Germany

Hepatica in spring light, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Colourful pieces of clothing with lace trim lay in a pile; Studio

Colourful pieces of clothing with ruffled trim lay in a pile; Studio