Pretty freesias, originally from South Africa, delight us now with lovely colours, whilst those heavily-headed hyacinths exude their perfume all ... flowers for next season. Irises start to bloom ...

[CEM OZDEL / GETTY IMAGES] Worshippers typically dress all in white ... And on the same day in South Africa's Delta Park, joggers pass fields of cosmos flowers in bloom. [KIM LUDBROOK /EPA] ...