Celandine

Birth of a Flower

Spider and web

Achillea

Last bloom of the Thalictrum

Beauty transcends imperfection

© Shaun P Downey 2012

A bloom on the Rambling Rector rose in our back garden

Madam Alfred Carriere

Madame Alfred Carriere is a rambling rose that has conquered our Golden Rain tree )o called because it leaves a shower of small golden petals on the ground after it blooms and not because it gives succour to those enjoying, ahem, "water sports"

Normally the blooms are found well above ground so it is  pleasure to find one we can actually see and smell for once!

Ragged Campion (Sliene dioica)

A slightly worse for wear Silene (Campion) in my garden. Shirl loves to pant these flowers while all I do is remember carrying a version of this plant on my school blazer for five out of the seven years I attended the Campion School in Hornchurch

Tulip

Some blooms in black and white

A bluebell and a tulip in our garden

The first tulip of spring!

Midnight, 2 January 2012

Even the Trees are angry

Foliage garden

Another poor quality, grainy IR photo taken with my old Nikon D50 and a Hoya R72 IR Filter

This year's dead echinops photo

The last Weigela flowers

A garden in decline

Sweet Pea

The Indian Summer has brought a lot of flowers back to life

Fuchsias

AM Glory - PM

Garden in October

Michaelmas Daisies

Yew Berry

A berry on the Yew I planted in my back garden