Wonderful World Flora
Bonn
This German city has a fantastic display of cherry blossom trees when in season.
Huang Shan
Huangshan (黄山, literally “Yellow Mountain”) is a mountain range in eastern China that is renowned for outstanding natural beauty, including ethereal seas of clouds, poetically named pines …
Jiu Zhai Gou
Jiu Zhai Gou (九寨沟; literally “Valley of Nine Fortified Villages”) is a national park and nature reserve on the edge of the Tibetan plateau; its elevation ranges from 2,000 to 4,500 meters. …
Limone Sul Garda
Nestled in the Italian Alps is Lake Garda, the largest lake in Italy. Around the lake there are a few quaint and very popular tourist towns including one called Limone (meaning Lemon in Italian). In …
Redwood National Park
At least once in your lifetime, you need to visit the magnificent coastal redwoods of Humboldt County - to walk, explore and soak up the silence and grandeur of forests unlike any others in the world. …
Socotra
One of the most striking of Socotra’s plants is the dragon’s blood tree (Dracaena cinnabari), which is a strange-looking, umbrella-shaped tree. Its red sap was thought to be the …
Valle de Cocora
The wax palm, the Colombian national tree, is obviously the main attraction here. It is the tallest palm in the world, growing up to 60 meters, while retaining the girth of any old palm, making for a …