garden

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

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

Illustration of the Columbine Aquilegia vulgaris examing different anatomy and colour forms of the flowers along with the seed pods and soft green lobed leaves

Rosemary beetles on rosemary showing metallic markings, cut to white

Spruce Bark beetle Ips typographus inset illustration against a background showing maternal and larval galleries in bark

View of a traditional little house in the northern village of Coxwold with trees behind and wisteria growing up the front

Garden scene with stone wall behind and birds visiting a bird feeder in the foreground; sparrows, starling, goldfinch, chaffinch feeding; bird bath covered in moss in the foreground along with wild flowers in the turf including red clover, daisy, heal all, and buttercup. Based on Malham tarn nature reserve ion the Yorkshire dales.

Blackbird Turdus merula

Blue tit Parus caeruleus visiting a bird box

Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs male in amongst grasses