Garden purple

When the words ‘flowers’ and ‘Japan’ come up in the same sentence, it usually conjures up images of pretty pink cherry blossoms. However, Japan has another less well-known flower display to offer. Ashikaga Flower Park is one of a few parks that proudly boasts spectacular displays of wisterias, locally known as Fuji.

The BBC team behind the Great British Year programme series captured a number of spectacular images taken across the British Isles in the space of a year.

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"Monet's Garden with Cat" is a fine-art giclee print of an original Impressionist painting by Robert Padovano. This paintings depicts the garden of the famous French Impressionist Monet in Giverney France. I particularly love the purple irises that line the path on each side. I added the cat for a touch of charm to an already lovely location. All my prints are made with archival inks on heavy stock acid free velvet fine art paper. FINE-ART PRINTS ON PAPER: Comes in two sizes: $55 - Medium…

Petunias are plants that belong to the Solanaceae family, and there are over 35 different species of the plant that are all native to South America.

The wisteria blooming period in Tokyo runs until early May, so get in quick to capture a glance of these grape-like spring blossoms.