Catalog & Directory

Growing from muddy aquatic environments, it produces elegant flowers that rise above the surface of the water.

This dramatic contrast has contributed to its association with purity, renewal, enlightenment, and spiritual transformation.

They grow in environments ranging from tropical forests to temperate landscapes, and their flowers display an astonishing variety of colors, patterns, shapes, and fragrances.

Their large clusters of flowers can create dramatic displays in blue, pink, purple, white, or greenish shades.

Some hydrangeas are particularly fascinating because their flower color can change depending partly on soil chemistry.

Their delicate pink or white petals can cover entire trees, transforming streets, parks, temples, and riverbanks for a brief period each spring.

In Japan, cherry blossoms have especially deep cultural significance, but their beauty is appreciated throughout many countries.

Their clean shapes, upright stems, and extraordinary range of colors have made them favorites in gardens, parks, and bouquets around the world.

Although they are strongly associated with the Netherlands, tulips have a much broader history.