Phil Savoie / Mining bee (Andrena sp.), harvesting pollen from anthers of Cherry tree (Prunus sp.) Ripon Wisconsin USA, May.

Nigel Cattlin / Peach leaf curl (Taprina deformans) fungal disease distortion of leaves on a young Peach tree, Berkshire, September.

Nigel Cattlin / Bacterial shot hole (Pseudomonas syringae) affected leaves of laurel, Prunus laurocerasus, in a garden hedge, Berkshire, England, UK. May.

John Shaw / Hybrid Poplar tree plantation in autumn (Populs sp.). Boardman Tree Farm, near Irrigon, Oregon, USA. October.

Marie Read / Eastern bluebird (Sialia sialis) male fluttering wings while perched on cherry (Prunus sp.) branch in spring, New York, USA, April.

Steve Downer / Timelapse of Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) flowers opening, UK, April.

Alastair MacEwen / Time-lapse of Cherry (Prunus) blossom emerging, Somerset, England, UK, April.

Andy Trowbridge / Male Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) perched on flowering European bird cherry (Prunus padus). Southern Norway. May.

Dong Lei / Mrs Gould's sunbird (Aethopyga gouldiae dabryii) male feeding from Chinese wild peach flowers (Prunus davidiana) Kawakarpo Mountain, Meri Snow Mountain National Park, Yunnan Province, China. May.

Dong Lei / Mrs Gould's sunbird (Aethopyga gouldiae dabryii) male hanging upside down and feeding from Chinese wild peach (Prunus davidiana) male blossom, Kawakarpo Mountain, Meri Snow Mountain National Park, Yun...

Sandra Bartocha / Japanese flowering cherry (Prunus serrulata) Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, April

Ernie Janes / Apricot tree (Prunus ameniaca) Moorpark variety in blossom trained against a wall in walled garden, UK, March.