Waratah (Telopea) Big and beautiful - the waratah is one of Australia's most iconic flowers and is found on the southeastern parts of Australia. They produce bright red flowers - sometimes white, pink or yellow, and attract a wide variety of native birds.
Australia boasts more than 1,200 species of Acacia, which are commonly known as wattle trees. The golden wattle is Australia's floral emblem, and is widespread around Canberra, in southern New South Wales, in the Adelaide Hills and Victoria.
Australia's national floral emblem is the golden wattle (Acacia pycnantha Benth). When in flower, the golden wattle displays the national colours, green and gold. As one species of a large genus of flora growing across Australia, the golden wattle is a symbol of unity.
Native Violets. This creeping evergreen perennial comes from eastern Australia, meaning it is used to the taciturn nature of Melbourne's weather. The plant blooms with purple and white flowers, all year round.
He has one of the rarest plants in Australia - only one individual is known in the wild, the Ormeau Myrtle.
Kangaroo paw (Anigozanthos)
This unique Australian plant get's its name from its furry flower which is shaped just like a kangaroo's paw. They're often red in colour, but in the wild their flowers can also range from green to pink, yellow and black.
The largest and oldest-known living plant on Earth has been discovered in Australia. Posidonia australis is an ancient and incredibly resilient seagrass that has been discovered in Shark Bay, Western Australia. It's at least 4,500 years old and spans 180km of shallow ocean.
Smarty Plants has found the Himalayn lily (Cardiocrinum giganteum) that flowers after seven years of growth.
Agave Americana Blooms Once Every Hundred Years
It's also known as a century plant because it only blooms once every 100 years (roughly) and then dies. But, because Raleigh gets more rain than the plant's usual home in the high elevations of Northern Mexico, the Century Plant is blooming after only thirty years.
The waratah is arguably the most beautiful and instantly recognisable of our native wildflowers. The bold, usually blood-red flower heads are held above striking foliage, shining like beacons in the bush during spring.
1. Rose. The rose is considered the most beautiful flower in the world, which is why it's called the “queen of the garden.” It's one of the most popular flowers worldwide, and it comes in different sizes and colors. Also, they're very common throughout the world.
Shenzhen Nongke Orchid
When the Shenzhen Nongke Orchid sold at auction for roughly $224,000 in 2005, it set the record for the most expensive flowering plant ever sold. It took eight years for scientists to develop this blossom in a university lab. Only every five years does it blossom.
1) Corpse Flower
In addition to its unique appearance and odor, the corpse flower takes roughly 7 years to grow before it first blooms. This unique flower was originally discovered in 1878 and can only be found in rainforests like that of Southeast Asia.
The century plant in the genus Agave, some terrestrial bromeliads of the genus Puya, Tillandsia utriculata, some yuccas, and many bamboos can take 8 to 20 years or in the case of some bamboos even over 100 years to bloom and then die.
The super-rare corpse flower, also known as the titan arum plant, is showing signs of blooming. It's extra special because the bloom typically lasts about 24 hours, and it only happens every few years.
Rare flowers can be those that only bloom under specific conditions or found at specific destinations under the right ecological conditions or are only rarely found growing in the wild.
The Ashitaba plant has anti-aging compounds. Behold, the plant that should be gifted to every person on this planet who worries about old age. The leaves of the Ashitaba plant might be bitter, but ingesting it provides sweet results.
Grow evergreen Plants and Shrubs
Some evergreen shrubs such as Rhododendrons and Camelias can take over a small garden and quickly outgrow pots. But remember that many herbs are evergreen and will give you foliage colour all year round, take up less space and give flavour to your cooking!
The first land plants appeared around 470 million years ago, during the Ordovician period, when life was diversifying rapidly. They were non-vascular plants, like mosses and liverworts, that didn't have deep roots.
The Great Basin Bristlecone Pine (Pinus longaeva) is a species of pine tree. It is found in the Western United States, mostly in Utah, Nevada, and California. One of these trees has been measured to be 5,065 years old! That makes it the longest living non-clonal organism found on Earth.