Early winter greens

The blue-purple flowers of Echium vulgare (viper's bugloss) are a nice splash of late colour, with a riot of Lapsana communis (nipplewort) flowering in the background

Water condensing on an Ilex aquifolium (holly) leaf

The trunk of a young holly tree. Look at the contrast between the rich, dark colour of the bark, the pale lenticels and the deep green leaves

Spent seedheads of Centaurea nigra (lesser knapweed)

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