Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Creeping buttercup (Ranunculus repens) covering an unimproved field, Cromdale, Cairngorms NP, Scotland, UK, June

Nigel Cattlin / Beach morning glory (Ipomoea pes-caprae) flowers amongst creeping plants. Thailand.

Heather Angel / Shrubs, trees and lianas in tropical rainforest. Xishuangbanna,Yunnan Province, China.

Ingo Arndt / Creeping buttercup {Ranunculus repens} growing amongst paving stones, Netherlands

Colin Varndell / Ivy (Hedera helix) covered tree trunks in Knight Wood, Hampshire, UK, October.

Rod Williams / Field Bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis) Ladywell Fields, Lewisham, South East London, England, UK, July

Olga Kamenskaya / Siberian dwarf pine (Pinus pumila) Zabaikalsky National Park/ Barguzin prezerv, Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia, September 2013.

Chris Mattison / Creeping willow (Salix repens), Ainsdale Nature Reserve, Merseyside, UK, April.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Field Bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis) in flower, Podere Montecucco, Orvieto, Umbria, Italy, July.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Creeping Ladies Tresses (Goodyera repens) Frontino, Sibillini, Umbria, Italy, July.

Nick Upton / Female Marbled white butterfly (Melanargia galathea) feeding on a Creeping thistle flower (Cirsium arvense) in a chalk grassland meadow as a male hovers above to court her, Wiltshire, UK, July.

Loic Poidevin / Floating primrose-willow (Ludwigia peploides), Marais breton, Britany / Bretagne, France, July.

Loic Poidevin / Floating primrose-willow (Ludwigia peploides), Marais breton, Brittany / Bretagne, France, July.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Creeping Avens (Geum reptans) in flower, Monte Spinale, alpine zone, Madonna di Campiglio, Brenta Dolomites, Italy, July

Philippe Clement / Creeping buttercup / Creeping crowsfoot (Ranunculus repens) in flower, Belgium

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Creeping buttercup (Ranunculus repens) covering an unimproved field, Cromdale, Cairngorms NP, Scotland, UK, June

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Creeping buttercup (Ranunculus repens) covering an unimproved field, Cromdale, Cairngorms NP, Scotland, UK, June

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Creeping buttercup (Ranunculus repens) covering an unimproved field, Cromdale, Cairngorms NP, Scotland, UK, June

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Creeping buttercup (Ranunculus repens) covering an unimproved field, Cromdale, Cairngorms NP, Scotland, UK, June

MYN / David Wong / Creeping hovea (Hovea heterophylla) Canberra, ACT, Australia, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

Laurie Campbell / Creeping lady's tresses (Goodyera repens) flowering, Beinn Eighe National Nature Reserve, Wester Ross, Scotland, August

Simon Colmer / Creeping woodsorrel (Oxalis corniculata) Medicinal plant: used in Uganda to cure toothache, eliminate scars and as a diuretic. Entire plant is rich in vitamin C

Nick Upton / Wild Creeping Thyme (Thymus polytrichus britannicus / Thymus praecox britannicus) flowers close up, growing on chalk grassland. Wiltshire, UK, June.

Nick Upton / Wild Creeping Thyme (Thymus polytrichus britannicus / Thymus praecox britannicus) cushion flowering on chalk grassland. Wiltshire, UK, June.

Nick Upton / Colourful mix of Alpine wild flowers including Alpine calamint (Acinos alpinus) Creeping baby's breath (Gypsophila repens) and Yellow oxeye daisies (Buphthalmum salicifolium) growing on karst limeston...

Nick Upton / Colourful mix of Alpine wild flowers including Alpine calamint (Acinos alpinus) Creeping baby's breath (Gypsophila repens) and Yellow oxeye daisies (Buphthalmum salicifolium) growing on karst limeston...

Martin Gabriel / Wild Thyme / Creeping Thyme (Thymus serpyllum) Allgaeu Alps, Bavaria, Germany, July

Paul Harcourt Davies / Creeping ladies tresses (Goodyera repens) flowers, Italy

Stephen Dalton / Speedwell {Veronica sp} and Creeping buttercup {Ranunculus repens} growing as weeds in garden, Sussex, UK

Stephen Dalton / Germander speedwell {Veronica chamaedrys} and Creeping buttercup {Ranunculus repens} flowers, Sussex, UK

Wild Wonders of Europe / Giesbers / Creeping yellowcress (Rorippa sylvestris) in flower, Liechtenstein, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Benvie / Creeping belllower (Campanula rapunculoides) in flower, Fliess, Naturpark Kaunergrat, Tirol, Austria, July 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Benvie / Mountain arnica (Arnica montana) and Creeping bellflower (Campanula rapunculoides) in flower, digital composite, Naturpark Kaunergrat, Tirol, Austria, July 2008

Gary K. Smith / Herb garden with terracotta pot with Sweet Basil {Ocimum basilicum}, Curled Parsley and Creeping Thyme, Norfolk, UK

Gary K. Smith / Creeping Lady's Tresses {Goodyera repens} growing in coastal coniferous woodland , Norfolk, UK, July

Bjorn Forsberg / Creeping thistle {Cirsium arvense}, blackfly and other flying insects, Sweden

Jane Burton / Creeping Buttercup (Ranunculus repens) plant with flower, UK

MYN / Niall Benvie / Creeping ladies tresses {Goodyera repens} Scotland, UK, Julymeetyourneighbours.net project

Philippe Clement / Marram {Ammophila arenaria} and dense thickets formed by Buckthorn, Creeping willow and elder at dune crossing, De Panne, Belgium May 2007

Kim Taylor / Giant Hoverfly (Volucella zonaria) feeding on Creeping Thistle. UK

Doug Wechsler / Creeping devil cactus {Lemaireocereus eruca} Baja, Mexico, Central America

Angelo Giampiccolo / Creeping plants on the walls of Odesalchi / Orsini Castle, on the banks of Lake Bracciano, near Rome, Italy.

Pascal Tordeux / Thistle (Cirsium arvense). French Alps, July.

Niall Benvie / Creeping ladies tresses orchid {Goodyera repens} Scotland, UK

Tui De Roy / Galapagos shore-petunia (Exodeconus miersii) in flower. Punta Espinosa, Fernandina Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

Guy Edwardes / Tu Hwnt l'r Bont Tearooms covered in Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) in autumn. Conwy, Wales. September.

Linda Pitkin / Large bindweed (Calystegia silvatica) in flower, Surrey, England. July.

Linda Pitkin / Large bindweed (Calystegia silvatica) in flower, Surrey, England. July.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Autumn leaf colours on Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia), Umbria, Italy. October.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Dog rose (Rosa canina) in flower, Podere Montecucco Garden, Umbria, Italy. June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Dog rose (Rosa canina) in flower, Podere Montecucco Garden, Umbria, Italy. June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Dwarf buckthorn (Rhamnus pumila) growing on rockface, Gran Sasso, Abruzzo, Italy. July.

Jack Dykinga / Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) climbing up trunk of Fremont's cottonwood (Populus fremontii). Coyote Gulch, Escalante, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah, USA. October 1995...

Nigel Cattlin / Chlorosis in leaves of a creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense) caused by a bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv tagetis - a possible method of biological control of this weed

Nigel Cattlin / Chlorosis in leaves of a creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense) caused by a bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv tagetis - a possible method of biological control of this weed