beauty

Bee orchid Ophrys apifera entire plant with flowers

Alpine ladies mantle alchemilla alpina with pale underside of leaves ahown and fibrous root area

Amethyst deceiver Laccaria amethystina clump growing on moss and dead woos and in different stages of growth

Arrowhead Sagittaria sagittifolia pencil image showing plant above and below wtaer and the different leaves in both habitats, in flwoer

Ash dieback symptoms Fraxinus excelsior Chalaria showing damaged inside of wood, damage on bark, little white fungal bodies, withered leaves on the branch, and individuall diseased leaf, the tree with exposed branches due to die back and a branch with siwtheres fronds of leaves on it

Ash Fraxinus excelsior pen and ink stippled drawing of the tree without leaves

Ash Fraxinus excelsior twig in bud and leaf spray

Autumn crocus Colchicum autumnale two flowers and leaf

Autumn leaf study of an Acer showing bright vivid red and yellow colours, leaf has damage and minor holes

Auxin diagram showing how applying auxin to the top of a plant encourages vertical rather than lateral growth

Avalanche rose Rosa two in bloom with dark leaves and white petals

Barberry Burberis vulgaris with red berries, yellow flowers and spiny twigs

Barley Hordeum vulgare with green and mature ripe seed head

Abscission diagram showing ho w the abscission layer lets the leaf fall off without exposing the plant to pathogens

Barren brome grass Anisantha sterilis with spikelet detail

Bugle Ajuga reptans plant with stolon

Barren strawberry Potentilla sterilis with stolom and small inedible fruit

Iris in gravel with blue petals

Garden border in spring with tulips, crocus, daffodils and daisies abutting a carefully tended lawn and edged with concrete slabs

Cow parsley illustration in pencil with details of stem, leaves and flowering head picked out in watercolour, and with a small view of the plant grwing at a distance, close up study of the individual flower and its anatomy

Sketchbook study of the Exploding cucumber Cylantha explodens with lots of details of the fruit exploding and curling back on itself, and details of the knobbly brown seeds along with a detailed colour study of a few fruit with dark green leaves behind. Lots of details of the curling tendrils and some simple watercolour wash […]

Forget me not Myosotis sketchbook study concentrating on the blue flowers and details of how these are carried in relation to the seed pods, an accompanying sprig is shown in detailed pencil

Giant hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum study giving an impression of the enormous size of this tall umbellifer plant with its thick stems and froth of white flowers; details of individual flowers and seeds in colour, and one leaf illustrated in full colour

Himalayan balsam Impatiens glandulifera study page with colour details of the red flushed stem, orchid like purple flowers, details of different colour forms, close up of the seed pod, wash on one green leaf, graphite or pencil tonal studies of another leaf, and details of the little red growths below where a leaf adheres to […]