
Flora

Backlit weeds

RSPB Rye Meads, Hertfordshire, England
Backlight enhances the prickly shape of a teasel

Berlin, Germany
Grasses on the rooftop terrace of Bikini Berlin

The first snowdrop haughtily raises its head

Datchworth, Hertfordshire, England
When autumn puts on its winter coat: fiery red maple leaves are framed by the first nocturnal frost

Enspijk, Betuwe, Netherlands
Sugar snap peas in full flower

Cave Wood, Datchworth, Hertfordshire, England
An ancient forest floor covered in a carpet of bluebell flowers

A catkin as a symbol of new life blossoming in springtime

Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
An agave leaf

Leaf of a spinach beet, where the nerves are spread out like a lava stream

River Avon, Wiltshire, England
Purple loosestrife blossoms on the riverbank

A sweet pea provides an intense bright burst in the fading autumn garden

Limburg, Netherlands
Redlining: a poppy field near the town of Valkenburg, in the southern tip of the Netherlands

Emperor's Plume: a poppy in disguise

Niedermoorwiesen am Tegeler Fließ, near Berlin, Germany
An onslaught of dandelions at this nature reserve on Berlin's northern fringe