stems

Barren brome grass Anisantha sterilis with spikelet detail

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

Barren strawberry Potentilla sterilis with stolom and small inedible fruit

Bugle Ajuga reptans plant with stolon

Bearberry Arctostaphylos uva ursi in berry showing intricate netwrok on veins on each leaf and rooting nodes

Alder buckthorn Rhamnus frangula sprig with close up of berry and flower, berries red and purple

Bee orchid Ophrys apifera entire plant with flowers

Pollarded Alder Alnusglutinosa tree in leaf

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

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

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

Getting rid of rose suckers by removing them from the parent soil under the soil wearing protective gloves

Leaves and bud and flower of a rose covered wuith powdery mildew and mould, and causing discolouration of the leaves

Garden with plastic sheet on the grass catching the bamboo cuttings which are being taken off the potted plants with secateurs. Dead leaves piled up and blue sky behind