Plants > Fabaceae
The Kentucky Coffeetree (Gymnocladus dioicus) is a majestic, ancient legume tree that produces the largest leaves of any native tree in North America, with colossal twice-compound leaves spanning up to three feet long. An evolutionary anachronism whose rock-hard,...
Plants > Orchids
The Blue Vanda (Vanda coerulea) is one of the most legendary and revered botanical treasures in the orchid world, hailed for being one of the extremely few true blue orchids in nature. Native to the cool, mist-shrouded montane oak forests of northeastern India and...
Plants > Theaceae
The Loblolly Bay (Gordonia lasianthus) is an elegant, evergreen wetland tree belonging to the tea family (Theaceae), native to the mystical blackwater swamps and pocosins of the American Southeast. Celebrated for its handsome, leathery dark green foliage and its...
Plants > Asparagaceae
The Banana Yucca (Yucca baccata), celebrated traditionally as Datil, is an iconic evergreen succulent native to the arid canyonlands and pinyon-juniper woodlands of the American Southwest. Named for its large, fleshy, banana-shaped edible fruits that were a dietary...
Plants > Conifers
The Incense Cedar (Calocedrus decurrens) is an iconic, aromatic giant conifer native to the sun-drenched granitic slopes of California’s Sierra Nevada and Cascade ranges. Famous for its cinnamon-red, deeply furrowed bark and delightfully pungent cedar fragrance,...
