A young visitor skips past a springtime garden. The landscape was one of many full-scale displays at the Philadelphia Flower Show.

A table sumptuously set with gold plates, candles and goblets and many arrangements in royal purple and red stands near a replica of Big Ben.

A flowerbed of riotous color softens the sharp edges of a water feature in a display of both informal and formal elements.

Professor Sprout's greenhouse at Hogwarts, made famous in the Harry Potter books, is replicated in tiny and meticulous detail in this 12-inch-wide and 8-inch-deep miniature setting. The little plants, all living, resemble the plants described in the books.

A painting at first glance, this seaside scene was created entirely from dried and pressed fresh flower material.

Ornamental cabbages and a green and purple mix of flowering plants brighten hypertufta containers, which are made from aggregate and concrete to resemble limestone.

Even the tubes or rails on the royal gates contain fresh flowers, as do the shields, crowns and toppers. The extravagant entrance heralds the splendid displays beyond the gates.

A visitor shoots a close-up of a lavish arrangement of ranaculus, lilies, roses, hydrangea and tulips that was entered in the 10 Downing Street category of arrangements suitable for a front hall or foyer.