Kakabeak

Plants > Legumes & Shrubs

Kakabeak (Clianthus puniceus), known in Maori as Kowhai Ngutukaka, is an internationally celebrated, critically endangered flowering shrub endemic to New Zealand. Renowned for its weeping clusters of dramatic, brilliant scarlet-crimson flowers that curve downward like...

Hanging Lobster Claw

Plants > Tropical Plants

The Hanging Lobster Claw (Heliconia rostrata), celebrated as the False Bird of Paradise and revered as the national flower of Bolivia (the Patujú), is an architectural showstopper native to the dripping understories of the Amazon rainforest. Unlike upright heliconias,...

Blue Lotus

Plants > Aquatic Plants

The Blue Lotus (Nymphaea caerulea), reverently celebrated as the Sacred Blue Lily of the Nile, is an enchanting, mystical aquatic flower immortalized throughout ancient Egyptian art, religion, and mythology. Rising gracefully from the muddy depths of the Nile each...

Apache Plume

Plants > Trees & Shrubs

Apache Plume (Fallugia paradoxa) is a breathtaking, resilient desert shrub celebrated for its dramatic transformation from elegant white wild-rose blossoms into colossal, shimmering clouds of feathery, pinkish-purple seed heads. Named for the resemblance of these...

Curl-leaf Mountain Mahogany

Plants > Trees & Shrubs

Curl-leaf Mountain Mahogany (Cercocarpus ledifolius) is an ancient, gnarled evergreen hardwood that clings to the most windswept, sun-scorched limestone ridges of the American West. Revered as one of the longest-lived flowering trees on planet Earth—with individual...