Jack Dykinga / Steep valleys in the foothills of the Temblor Range, carpeted with Coreopsis (yellow) and Phacelia (purple) with patches of orange California poppy (Eschscholzia californica). Carrizo Plain, Californi...

Jack Dykinga / Steep valleys in the foothills of the Temblor Range, carpeted with Coreopsis (yellow) and Phacelia (purple) with patches of orange California poppy (Eschscholzia californica). Carrizo Plain, Californi...

Jack Dykinga / Purplemat (Nama demissum) and California goldfields (Lasthenia californica) growing through pebbles of a dry streambed. Joshua Tree National Park, Mojave Desert, California, USA. 25th March 2019.

Michael Hutchinson / Slow motion clip of a Common carder bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum) feeding from a Viper's bugloss (Echium vulgare) flower, Bristol, England, UK, September.

Jack Dykinga / Massive wildflower display with Lanceleaf monolopia 1+Monolopia lanceolata+2, and Orange fiddle neck 1+Amsinckia intermedia+2 The Temblor Range, also carpeted in flowers, in evening light in the backg...

Jack Dykinga / Whipple Mountain foothills, with flowering Notch-leaf scorpion-weed (Phacelia crenulata) and Heartleaf evening primrose (Camissonia cardiophylla) with the Riverside and Big Maria Mountains in the back...

Jack Dykinga / Whipple Mountain foothills, with flowering Notch-leaf scorpion-weed (Phacelia crenulata) and Heartleaf evening primrose (Camissonia cardiophylla) with the Riverside and Big Maria Mountains in the back...

Jack Dykinga / Notch-leaf scorpion-weed (Phacelia crenulata) blooming around Desert agave (Agave desertii) in Glorieta Canyon, Anza-Borrego State Park, California, USA, March 2017. These plants are flowering during...

Jack Dykinga / Whipple Mountain foothills, with flowering Notch-leaf scorpion-weed (Phacelia crenulata) and Heartleaf evening primrose (Camissonia cardiophylla) with the Riverside and Big Maria Mountains in the back...

Pal Hermansen / Artwork 'Give colours to the food-desert' by by Benedicte Lyssand. Purple tansy (Phacelia tanacetifolia) planted in corrected perspective of stripes 2m in foreground 7m in distance. Valer, Ostfold Cou...

Pascal Pittorino / European honey bee (Apis mellifera) collecting pollen and nectar from Borage (Borago officinalis) Var, Provence, France, March.

Nigel Cattlin / Houndstongue (Cynoglossum officinale) on shingle. Chesil Beach, Dorset, England, UK. May.

Nigel Cattlin / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) nectaring on Borage (Borago officinalis). Berkshire, England, UK. August.

Nigel Cattlin / Water forget-me-not (Myosotis scorpioides). Berkshire, England, UK. June.

Nigel Cattlin / Water forget-me-not (Myosotis scorpioides). Berkshire, England, UK. June.

Phil Savoie / Early bumblebee (Bombus partorum) feeding on Comfrey (Symphytum officinale), Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. May.

Phil Savoie / Buff tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) feeding on Comfrey (Symphytum officinale), Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. June.

Phil Savoie / Tree bumblebee (Bombus hypnorum), nectar robbing from Comfrey (Symphytum officinale), Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. May.

Phil Savoie / Rhino snout hoverfly (Rhingia campestris) flying to Lungwort (Pulmonaria officinalis), Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, April.

Phil Savoie / Early bumblebee (Bombus partorum) nectar robbing Comfrey (Symphytum officinale), Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. May.

Phil Savoie / Red Mason bee (Osmia bicornis) female nectar robbing from comfrey, Comfrey (Symphytum officinale), Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. May

Phil Savoie / Tree bumblebee (Bombus hypnorum) feeding from Green alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens), Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. July

Phil Savoie / Early bumblebee (Bombus partorum), flying to Comfrey (Symphytum officinale), Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. May.

Phil Savoie / Hairy footed flower bee (Anthophora plumipes) male feeding from Green alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens), Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. April

Sergio Hanquet / Tower of jewels (Echium wildpretii) plants charred by forest fire, amongst rocks. Ifonche, Teide National Park, Tenerife, Canary Islands, 2012.

Nick Garbutt / Apollo butterfly (Parnassius apollo) nectaring on Viper's bugloss (Echium vulgare) flower. North Tyrol, Austria. June. Focus stacked image.

Ernie Janes / Daisies (Bellis perennis) and Forget-me-not (Myosotis arvensis) in garden, Norfolk, England, UK, May.

Ernie Janes / Daisies (Bellis perennis) and Forget-me-not (Myosotis arvensis) in garden, Norfolk, England, UK, May.

Ernie Janes / Brunnera macrophylla 'Jack Frost', cultivated plant.

Heather Angel / Prickly comfrey (Symphytum asperum), flowers open red and change to blue. Caucasus, Russia. June.

Heather Angel / Prophet flowers (Arnebia pulchra) with dark spots that act as nectar guides. Caucasus, Russia. June.

Heather Angel / Fairy fern (Azolla filiculoides) and Water forget me not (Myosotis scorpioides) in frozen garden pond. Surrey, England, UK. January.

Heather Angel / Wood forget-me-not (Myosotis sylvatica) flowers, yellow corollas on fresher flowers. In damp woodland, Surrey, England, UK. May.

Heather Angel / Marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) feeding on pollen on Viper's bugloss (Echium vulgare) anther. Dolomites, Italy. June.

Heather Angel / Garden bumblebee (Bombus hortorum) queen nectaring on Comfrey (Symphytum 'Hidcote Pink') flowers. In garden, Surrey, England, UK. March.

David Woodfall / Corn Marigold (Chrysanthemum segetum) and Bugloss (Echium vulgare) in strips on machair. North Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK, July.

David Woodfall / Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus), grazing amongst Purple vipers bugloss, (Echium plantagineum) Cornwall, England, UK, July.

Nick Upton / Lanzarote bugloss (Echium lanzarottense / lancerottense), an endemic species to the island, and Canary crucifer (Erucastrum canariense) a Canaries endemic, flowering near Haria, Lanzarote, Canary Isla...

Nick Upton / White tajinaste (Echium decaisnei purpuriense / Echium famarae), a subspecies endemic to Lanzarote, flowering on a coastal hillside, Famara, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, February.

Nick Upton / White tajinaste (Echium decaisnei purpuriense / Echium famarae), a subspecies endemic to Lanzarote, flowering on a coastal hillside, Famara, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, February.

Phil Savoie / Early bumblebee (Bombus pratorum) worker feeding on Comfrey (Symphytum officinale), robbing nectar by piercing the flower base to drink nectar without pollinating, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, May.

Phil Savoie / Tree bumblebee (Bombus hypnorum) feeding on Comfrey (Symphytum officinale), robbing nectar by piercing the flower base to drink nectar without pollinating, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, May.

Phil Savoie / Common carder bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum), feeding on Comfrey (Symphytum officinale), Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. May

Ernie Janes / Vipers bugloss (Echium vulgare) in flower with Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea) Scotland, UK. July.

Ernie Janes / Siberian bugloss (Brunnera macrophylla) 'Blue ice', cultivated plant.

Ernie Janes / Navelwort (Omphalodes) 'Cherry Ingram' cultivated plant in flower.

Ernie Janes / Chatham Island forget-me-not (Myosotidium hortensia) cultivated plant native to New Zealand.

Ernie Janes / Comfrey 'Hidcote Blue' (Symphytum sp) (also known as comphrey) in herb garden

Michael Hutchinson / Marsh fritillary butterflies (Euphydryas aurinia) taking off after nectaring on a Water forget-me not (Myosotis scorpioides) flower, Devon, England, UK, June.

Michael Hutchinson / Marsh fritillary butterflies (Euphydryas aurinia) taking off after nectaring from a Water forget-me not (Myosotis scorpioides) flower, Devon, England, UK, June.

Michael Hutchinson / Marsh fritillary butterfly (Euphydryas aurinia) nectaring from a Buttercup (Ranunculus) before taking off, Devon, England, UK, June.

Franco Banfi / Arctic comb jelly / Sea nut (Mertensia ovum) swimming in front of iceberg. Tasiilaq, East Greenland. April.

Jack Dykinga / Steep valleys in the foothills of the Temblor Range, carpeted with Coreopsis (yellow) and Phacelia (purple) with patches of orange California poppy (Eschscholzia californica). Carrizo Plain, Californi...

Jack Dykinga / Steep valleys in the foothills of the Temblor Range, carpeted with Coreopsis (yellow) and Phacelia (purple) with patches of orange California poppy (Eschscholzia californica). Carrizo Plain, Californi...

Jack Dykinga / Flowering lupines (Lupinus sp.), brown-eyed primrose (Chylismia claviformis) and phacelia line the desert washes beneath the Sheephole Mountains. Mojave Trails National Monument, Mojave Desert, Califo...

Jack Dykinga / Yucca surrounded by California poppies (Eschscholzia californica) and phacelia, in the dry arroyo water course. Joshua Tree National Park, Mojave Desert, California, USA. 27th March 2019.

Jack Dykinga / Yucca surrounded by California poppies (Eschscholzia californica) and phacelia. Joshua Tree National Park, Mojave Desert, California, USA. 27th March 2019.

Jack Dykinga / Silver cholla (Cylindropuntia echinocarpa) surrounded by California poppies (Eschscholzia californica) and phacelia. Joshua Tree National Park, Mojave Desert, California, USA. 27th March 2019.

Jack Dykinga / Phacelia intertwined amid the blades of yucca (Yucca schidigera), growing in desert arroyo. Joshua Tree National Park, Mojave Desert, California, USA. 25th March 2019.

Philippe Clement / Mountain lungwort (Pulmonaria montana) in flower, La Brenne, France, April

David Woodfall / Strips of purple Vipers bugloss( Echium plantagineum) and Corn marigold (Chrysanthemum segetum) with Cornish coast in background background . Bosregan Meadows,St Just Cornwall,England ,UK

Loic Poidevin / Common bugloss / alkanet (Anchusa officinalis). Danube Delta, Romania. May.

Loic Poidevin / Common bugloss / alkanet (Anchusa officinalis). Danube Delta, Romania. May.

Loic Poidevin / Common bugloss / alkanet (Anchusa officinalis). Danube Delta, Romania. May.

Adrian Davies / Oyster plant (Mertensia maritima), Hillswick, Shetland, Scotland, UK. June 2018.

Adrian Davies / Oyster plant (Mertensia maritima) and Sea campion (Silene uniflora) on shingle beach, Hillswick, Shetland, Scotland, UK. June 2018.

Adrian Davies / Oyster plant (Mertensia maritima), Hillswick, Shetland, Scotland, UK. June 2018.

Adrian Davies / Oyster plant (Mertensia maritima), Hillswick, Shetland, Scotland, UK. June 2018.

Adrian Davies / Borage (Borago officinalis) flowers, UK. June.

Adrian Davies / Borage (Borago officinalis) flowers, UK. June.

Adrian Davies / Borage (Borago officinalis) flowers, UK. June.

Dave Bevan / Common brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni) nectaring on Common comfrey flowers (Symphytum officinale) before being displaced by a Bumblebee (Bombus), Norfolk, England, UK, June.

Konrad Wothe / Lungwort (Pulmonaria officinalis) flowers, Bavaria, Germany, April.

Olga Kamenskaya / Alpine Forget-me-not (Myosotis asiatica) and low growing Polar willow (Salix polaris) Vaygach Island, Arctic, Russia, July

Kim Taylor / Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) worker visiting Borage (Borago officinalis) flowers. Surrey, England, UK, July.

Kim Taylor / Viper's Bugloss (Echium vulgare). Apennines, Italy, May.

Kim Taylor / Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) worker visiting Borage (Borago officinalis) flowers. Surrey, England,

Konrad Wothe / Yellow springtails (Symphypleona) on Forget-me-not flower (Myosotis) Zillertal Alps, Austria, July.

Robert Thompson / Borage flowers (Borago officinalis) near Nice, south of France, June.

Robert Thompson / Borage flower bud (Borago officinalis) near Nice, south of France, June.

Michael Hutchinson / Slow motion clip of a Common carder bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum) feeding from a Viper's bugloss (Echium vulgare) flower, Bristol, England, UK, September.

David Kjaer / Viper's Bugloss (Echium vulgare) in flower along edge of track, Wiltshire, England, UK, June.

David Kjaer / Viper's bugloss (Echium vulgare) in flower, Wiltshire, England, UK, June.

David Kjaer / Viper's bugloss (Echium vulgare) in flower, Wiltshire, England, UK, June.

Ernie Janes / Borage (Borago officinalis) flower, Norfolk, England, UK. July.

Ernie Janes / Lacy phacelia (Phacelia tanacetifolia) Cley, Norfolk, England, UK, July.

Sue Daly / Viper's-bugloss (Echium vulgare), Herm, British Channel Islands, June.

Sue Daly / Viper's-bugloss (Echium vulgare), Herm, British Channel Islands, June.

Gary K. Smith / Summer garden with Delphiniums 'Pacific Hybrids' and Echium Pininana foliage. England, UK. June.

Phil Savoie / Hairy footed flower bee (Anthophora plumipes), in flight to Lungwort (Pulmonaria officinalis), Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, April.

Phil Savoie / Common carder bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum) visiting Lungwort (Pulmonaria officinalis), Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, April.

Gary K. Smith / Common lungwort (Pulmonaria officinalis) flower.

Olga Kamenskaya / Arctic Comb Jelly (Mertensia ovum) Svalbard, Norway, September.

Phil Savoie / Early bumblebee (Bombus pratorum) feeding on Green alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens) Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. May.

Phil Savoie / Early bumblebee (Bombus pratorum) feeding on Green alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens) Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. May.

Phil Savoie / Early bumblebee (Bombus pratorum) flying to feed on Green alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens) Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. May.