Tony North has been named winner of this year's International Garden Photographer of the Year competition.
His picture was taken in the island of La Palma, which is part of the Canary Islands. It is entitled Blue Tajinaste and also won first place in the Breathing Spaces section of the competition.
North achieved the final image by combining two different exposures; one of the sky and one of the foreground.
"Tony North has literally elevated the Breathing Spaces category to new heights, by photographing endemic mountain-top flora with a breathtaking landscape view - well-framed to include many points of interest," said head judge Tyrone McGlinchey.
"This photograph excels in highlighting plant life on our planet."
This picture was also awarded the Threatened Plants Photographic Award.
"Echium gentianoides is rare, being confined to La Palma in the Canary Islands, and classified by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as vulnerable due to browsing and predation by goats and other invasive species," says Dr Paul P Smith, Secretary General, Botanic Gardens Conservation International.
Credit: BBC
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