Tulips #2 Frame:Print only These patterns are echoed throughout

These patterns are echoed throughout nature and are fascinating when enlarged as prints

making it an attractive accent to any garden

This may explain why the iris flower is said to symbolise communication and eloquence

Viewed close up the passion flower (or Passiflora caerulea) could be some alien life form

This originates from a battle in the 15th century when invading Norman soldiers got stranded in a field of thistles while attempting a surprise attack at night

Tulips #2 Frame:Print only These patterns are echoed throughoutThis Botanical Optical image is created from a single photograph selected from hundreds of time lapse photographs of red and yellow Tulips made over a period of 94 hours as they flowered. Originally from Persia and Turkey, tulips were brought to Europe in the 16th century, where they got their common name from the Persian word Tulipan for turban. According to legend, a Turkish Prince was so overcome by the death of his lover that he rode his horse