Paul Harcourt Davies / Alpine Rose (Rosa alpina) in flower, Mount Terminillo, Rieti, Lazio

Paul Harcourt Davies / Spring Crocus (Crocus vernus) in flower in snow, Campo Imperatore, Gran Sasso, Appennines, Abruzzo, Italy, May

Wild Wonders of Europe / Zupanc / Edelweiss (Leontopodium alpinum) plant in flower, Triglav National Park, Slovenia, July 2009

Dietmar Nill / Sharp lobed hepatica (Hepatica nobilis) flower, Germany

Philippe Clement / Yellow Wood Anemone / Buttercup anemone (Anemone ranunculoides) in flower. Luxembourg, April.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Crown Anemone (Anemone coronaria) magenta form, in flower, Gious Kambos, Spili, Crete, April

Wild Wonders of Europe / Radisics / Cyclamen (Cyclamen purpurascens) flowers, Meteora, Greece, October 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / Two Cyclamens (Cyclamen persicum) in flower, Akamas peninsula, Cyprus, April 2009

Philippe Clement / Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) among Wild garlic (Allium ursinum) in woodland. Hallerbos, Belgium, spring.

Jean E. Roche / Wild paeony {Paeonia mascula} flower Provence, France

Wild Wonders of Europe/ Bartocha / Gargano Ophrys (Ophrys garganica) flower, Gargano National Park, Gargano Peninsula, Apulia, Italy, April 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Sawfly orchid (Ophrys tenthredinifera) close-up of flower, Gargano National Park, Gargano Peninsula, Apulia, Italy, April 2008