Gavin Hellier / View of Saint Basil's Cathedral, Red Square and the Kremlin at dusk, Moscow, Russia, May 2016. Hellier

Gavin Hellier / View of Saint Basil's Cathedral, Red Square and the Kremlin, Moscow, Russia, May 2016. Hellier

Gavin Hellier / Timelapse from day to night of Saint Basil's Cathedral, Red Square and the Kremlin, Moscow, Russia, May 2016. Hellier

Gavin Hellier / Timelapse of tourists visiting Red Square, Saint Basil's Cathedral and the Kremlin at night, Moscow, Russia, May 2016. Hellier

Gavin Hellier / Timelapse of tourists visiting Red Square, Saint Basil's Cathedral and the Kremlin, Moscow, Russia, May 2016. Hellier

Gavin Hellier / Timelapse of tourists visiting Red Square, Saint Basil's Cathedral and the Kremlin, Moscow, Russia, May 2016. Hellier

Andy Sands / Brimstone butterfly (Goneopteryx rhamni) male on Wild basil flower (Clinopodium vulgare) Hertfordshire, England, UK, August

Andy Sands / Chalkhill blue butterfly (Polyommatus coridon) female on flower of Wild Basil, Hertfordshire, England, UK August

Gary K. Smith / Cucumbers, 'Louisa' F1, Tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum) including 'Suncherry Smile', 'Green Tiger', 'Blush Tiger', 'Pink Tiger' and pots of sweet basil.

Colin Varndell / Wild basil flowers (Clinopodium vulgare), Dorset, UK, July.

Andy Sands / Wild Basil Fower (Clinopodium vulgare), Oxfordshire, England, UK, May - Focus Stacked Image

Andy Sands / Common green grasshopper (Omocestus viridulus) sitting on flower of Wild basil, Oxfordshire, England, UK, July

Gary K. Smith / Basil varieties (Sweet, Purple and Thai Basil) growing in containers in greenhouse, England, July.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Basil (Ocimum basilicum) in flower, Podere Montecucco, Orvieto, Umbria, Italy, August.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Rock campion (Saponaria ocymoides) with Basil thyme (Acinos arvensis) Monte Spinale, alpine zone, Madonna di Campiglio, Brenta Dolomites, Italy, July

Paul Harcourt Davies / Basil Thyme (Acinos arvensis) in flower, with Forget me nots (Myotis sp) and other alpin flowers, Mount Vettore, Sibillini, Umbria, Italy, June

Paul Harcourt Davies / Basil Thyme (Acinos arvensis) with Viola (Viola eugeniae) and Forget-me-nots (Myosotis) Campo Imperatore, Gran Sasso, Appennines, Abruzzo, Italy, May

Mark Taylor / Tricolour Border Collie puppy Basil, 8 weeks, with black and white rabbit.

Nick Upton / Wild basil (Clinopodium vulgare) flowering in a traditional hay meadow, near Bled, Julian Alps, Slovenia, July

Gary K. Smith / Patio gardening, various containers of herbs and salad crops growing in garden patio area. Norfolk, England, UK.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / St. Basil's Cathedral in Red Square, Moscow, Russia.

Gary K. Smith / Pot grown herbs including mint, chives, basil, parsley, and thyme, pots arranged on patio, Norfolk, UK, June

Gary K. Smith / Assortment of kitchen garden herbs in pots, chives, marjoram, parsley, basil, thyme, Norfolk, UK, June

Gary K. Smith / Assortment of kitchen garden herbs in pots, chives, marjoram, parsley, basil, thyme, Norfolk, UK, June.

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

Rob Cousins / Basil (Ocimum basilicum) growing in greenhouse, UK

Gary K. Smith / Potting shed bench with Coriander, Basil, Parsley and Tomatoe seedlings in terracotta pots, plant labels, knife and pencil, UK

Gary K. Smith / Potting shed bench with Coriander, Basil and Parsley herb seedlings in terracotta pots, plant labels, knife and pencil, UK

Gary K. Smith / Basil {Ocimum basilicum} and Coriander {Coriandum sativum} seedlings in terracotta pots.

Dave Watts / Basil (Ocimum basilicum) France

Dave Watts / Basil (Ocimum basilicum) France

Jim Brandenburg / Tourists in Red Square at Basil's Cathedral, Moscow, Russia

Nick Upton / Wild basil (Clinopodium vulgare) flowering in chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK. July.

Nick Upton / Wild basil (Clinopodium vulgare) flowering in chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK. July.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Orsini's speedwell (Veronica orsiniana) growing alongside Basil thyme (Acinos arvensis) on mountainside, Apennines, Italy. June

Paul Harcourt Davies / Apennine wallflower (Erysimum pseudorhaeticum), Basil thyme (Acinos arvensis) and Alpine forget-me-not (Myosotis alpina) in flower above the Piano Grande plateau, Sibillini, Umbria, Italy. June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Basil thyme (Acinos arvensis) purple with bright blue apline forget-me-not (Myosotis alpina) Plants of high mountain regions in the Apennines..above the Piano Grande, Sibillini, Umbria, Italy June 20...

Nick Upton / Wild basil (Clinopodium vulgare) flowering on sand dunes, Merthyr Mawr Warren National Nature Reserve, Glamorgan, Wales, UK. July.

Juergen & Christine Sohns / Basil (Ocimum basilicum), Germany

Paul Harcourt Davies / Alpine turf with Alpine forget-me-nots (Myosotis alpina), Basil thyme (Acinos arvensis) and a few Dark grape hyacinths (Muscari commutatum), Sibillini, Umbria, Italy. May.

Juergen Freund / Blue banded bee (Amegilla chlorocyanea) collecting nectar from basil flower, Australia.

Nick Upton / Wild basil (Clinopodium vulgare). Bath and Northeast Somerset, England, UK, July.

Nick Upton / Wild basil (Clinopodium vulgare). Bath and Northeast Somerset, England, UK, July.

Linda Pitkin / Basil thyme (Clinopodium acinos). Vulnerable species within England. Priest Hill Surrey Wildlife Trust Reserve, England, UK. June.

Nigel Cattlin / Grey mould (Botrytis cinerea) fungal infection on stem of Sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum).

Linda Pitkin / Basil thyme (Clinopodium acinos), locally rare plant, although introduced at this site. Priest Hill SWT Nature Reserve, England, June 2018. Vulnerable species in England.

Linda Pitkin / Basil thyme (Clinopodium acinos), locally rare plant, although introduced at this site. Priest Hill SWT Nature Reserve, Surrey, England, June 2017. Vulnerable species in England.