Botanical illustration

Variegated geranium leaf, Geranium Mrs Pollock, showing Zonal colouration and pigment variegation, including area of red anthocyanin.

Lungwort Pulmonaria officianalis showing distinctive spotted leaves

Giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifero illustration from A Life on Our Planet by David Attenborough

Willow leaf beetle Lochmaea caprea showing damage to Willow Salix

Willow anthracnose Drepanopeziza sphaerioides on Weeping willow foliage Saliz babalonica

Small-leaved or Small leaved Lime Tilia cordata sketchbook page

Silver birch Betula pendula sketchbook page with a focus on the leaves

Rowan or Mountain Ash Sorbus aucuparia sketchbook study with leaves stuck in

Plum Prunus domestica sketchbook page with detail of fruit and a leaf

Pear sprig with blossom, leaves and fruit Pyrus communis

Oak sudden death Phytophthora ramorum fungi and algae pest on Oak tree Quercus

Oak spangle galls from wasp Tilia platyphyllos and Silk button galls from wasp Neuroterus numismalis on Oak leaf Quercus robu

Oak Quercus robur sketchbook page including flowers and young leaves

Magnolia sprig Magnolia grandiflora in flower with leaves not yet out

Lime leaf nail galls Lime Tilia europaea caused by the mite Eriophyes tiliae

Hawthorn Craetegus monogyna sketchbook details with emphasis on berries and leaves

Elder Sambuccus nigra sketchbook page with detailed berries in full colour

Dead tree, possibly Sweet chestnut Castanea sativa

Sea Buck-thorn Hippophae rhamnoides shrub pen and ink with colour wash

Sea Buckthorn shrub Hippophae rhamnoides.  Pen and ink illustration shows elongate leaves, low shrubby growth habit, and berries.

Lilac Syringa vulgaris tree pen and ink.  Illustration shows the tree in full bloom.

Lilac Syringa vulgaris tree pen and ink.  Illustration shows the tree in full bloom.

Magnolia tree Magnolia grandiflora tree pen and ink with colour wash.  Illustration shows the tree in flower, before the leaves appear.

Magnolia Magnolifia gradiflora tree, showing the tree in full flower, before the leaves appear.