Plants

Far out of its comfort zone, this sequoia was planted as a symbol of the connection between Visalia and its neighboring national park.

The last remnant of a tree that helped prove to the world that sequoias are real—and they’re spectacular.

In the middle of a Welsh field, a replica of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre is made out of living branches.

The bamboo that helped Thomas Edison develop a longlasting lightbulb.

One of the oldest and most majestic living trees in Britain, thought to be over 1,500 years old.

From mid-September to early November, dreamy fields of pink muhly grass spring up all over South Korea.

Mysterious markers have been giving the public a lesson in dendrochronology for over a century.

A larger-than-life representation of the humble aloe plant.

Water gushes from the trunk of this miraculous mulberry tree about once a year.

The second largest palm grove in Europe was planted during Moorish times and has been largely unchanged since then.

Tucked away in a secluded canyon, this hidden hot spring’s thermal waters have been soothing soakers for generations.

You can still see the remains of a sacred 3,000-year-old cypress.

A small and tranquil hidden garden in commemoration of one of the great Victorian plant collectors.