To talk about the most beautiful plants in the world is a thankless task, because the concept of beauty is subjective. For some, this is a rose of an unusual color, for someone there is nothing sweeter than a modest chamomile or bell. Someone is delighted with bright exotic African plants, while someone is touched by tender field tulips.
Nevertheless, we will try to present you in this article very original and spectacular plants, and you can decide for yourself whether they are the most beautiful in the world.
Trees
The most beautiful plants in the world are not always flowers or shrubs that please with their unusual flowering and pleasant aroma. Very original trees grow on Earth, which arouse the interest of lovers of natural beauty.
California Sequoia
This is a monotypic genus of trees from the cypress family. The plant is common in North America, on the Pacific coast. Some sequoias grow to gigantic sizes. They areare considered the tallest trees on our planet, as they reach a height of one hundred and ten meters. The maximum recorded age of such a giant is more than three and a half thousand years. The diameter of the trunk is about ten meters.
Today's largest sequoia is General Sherman (USA). Its height is 83.8 meters. In 2012, the volume of the tree was 1487 square meters. Scientists believe that its age is from 2300 to 2700 years. The tallest specimen in the world is Hyperion, one hundred and fifteen meters high, growing in Redwood National Park, located in the USA.
Dragon Tree
The plant belongs to the genus Dracaena. It grows on the islands of Southeast Asia, as well as in the subtropics and tropics of Africa. Locals grow it as an ornamental plant. An ancient Indian legend says that in ancient times a terrible and bloodthirsty dragon lived on the island of Socotra, who attacked elephants, and then drank the blood of his unfortunate victims. But one fine day, an old and very large elephant fell on the dragon, crushing it. Their blood mixed and sprinkled the ground around.
This soon grew trees that were called dracaena, which translates as "female dragon". The inhabitants of the Canary Islands considered it sacred and used its resin for medicinal purposes. Such resin was found in ancient burial caves. It was also used for embalming. A branched thick trunk up to twenty meters high has a diameter at the baseup to four meters. Each branch is branched and ends in a thick bunch of leathery greyish-green leaves, forty-five to sixty centimeters long. Some specimens of these trees live up to seven thousand years.
Flowers
When we start talking about natural beauty, we remember different beautiful plants. But first of all we are talking about flowers. No wonder. We usually use them to express our feelings. It's no secret that any person is pleased to receive a bouquet of tulips, roses or orchids as a gift. Photos of beautiful plants are printed on greeting cards, as they are able to cheer up just by looking at them.
Hyacinth
In nature, the flower is found in southeast Asia and the Mediterranean. These are loved by many and very beautiful plants. Modern varieties of hyacinths amaze with a variety of colors - this is the result of the work of Dutch breeders.
Today these beautiful flowering plants have become the pride of many flower growers in our country. There are more than two thousand varieties and varieties of hyacinth, which delight with simple or terry clusters of various shades: purple and lilac, red and pink, and even blue. Hyacinths with cream, yellow, snow-white or light orange flowers are especially graceful and refined.
Symbol of purity - lotus
Lotus is the sacred flower of Buddhism, it surprises scientists all over the world with the fact that its leaves and petals always remain clean. Its flowers are amazingly beautiful and are always turned tosun. Nut-bearing lotus is also called "Indian", it is common in India, China. Its fragrant flowers are pink. They open in sunlight and close at night. The diameter of one flower reaches 70 cm.
Yellow lotus is found in North and South America. Due to its distribution, this type of lotus is also called American.
And in ancient India, the lotus was inextricably linked with the emergence of creative forces. The development of the universe and the creation of the world - these are the basic concepts that were laid in the meaning of the flower.
Lily of the valley
You can argue as much as you like, choosing beautiful flowers. Gentle plants with a delicate aroma, which are a symbol of spring and the awakening of nature, are, of course, lilies of the valley. A flower that, in our opinion, takes its rightful place in the list of the most beautiful plants on the planet.
This flower is covered with numerous legends. One of them says that the tears of the Virgin Mary turned into lilies of the valley at the moment when she sobbed over the body of Jesus Christ crucified on the cross. Another legend tells that the lily of the valley grew on the spot where the blood of Saint Leonardo, who was wounded in the fight against the dragon, dripped.
Beautiful climbing plants
These flowers fit perfectly into any interior of an apartment or house, and are also an original option when creating landscape design. They add height to the room, can be used as a green hedge, beautifully and reliably cover existing imperfections.
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Many of the most beautiful plants came to us from afar, like this tropical ornamental liana belonging to the legume family. It is a native of the tropical forests of the Philippines. The flowers are painted in a rich turquoise color and are collected in spectacular racemose inflorescences, almost one and a half meters long.
The flowers are very large, their diameter reaches twelve centimeters. In Europe, the flower is often called jade liana. During flowering, it is perhaps the main attraction of many botanical gardens in the world.
Passion flower meat-red
The herbaceous exotic creeper has creeping stems. Her homeland is Bermuda, Brazil, North America. The flowers are large, located on long peduncles. Under the flowers are leathery lanceolate sepals. The base of the corolla is five petals, as well as a fringed thread-like crown of deep purple.
Ornamental plant known for its healing properties. The fruits of the plant are used to make jellies and jams.
Ipomoea quamoclit
Photos of beautiful plants can often be seen in publications on gardening, landscape design, and for sure every amateur florist dreams of growing such beauty on his plot (or windowsill).
Cardinal Climber is the second name of Ipomoea. The plant has scarlet, nectar-filled flowers that attract insects. Its leaves are feather-shaped, they are not verydensely planted, so there are small gaps on the stems. The plant blooms very actively and is capable of self-seeding.
The most beautiful plants for the garden
Already someone, and gardeners today definitely do not lack beautiful plants to decorate their plots. Breeders around the world create amazing plants with the most incredible colors and intricate flower shapes. Each grower can choose seeds from old, well-known plants and new selections in the store that can radically change the appearance of the site.
Hydrangea
These beautiful plants are loved by almost all flower growers. An ornamental garden shrub distinguished by its unusual crown shape and bright and lush flowering. Magnificent large inflorescences are in the form of clusters. They are formed from flowers of very different colors - snow-white and dark blue, pink and purple, light lilac and burgundy. In specimens of wild-growing inflorescences, the diameter of inflorescences can be up to fifteen centimeters, and in garden plants it reaches twenty-five.
Hydrangea blooms for a long time - from mid-summer to early autumn. With the onset of the first days of autumn, hydrangea leaves acquire a reddish-bronze hue.
Dicentra
These are very beautiful ornamental plants from the Dimyankov family. They are very popular with gardeners due to their gorgeous heart-shaped flowers and fairly easy plant care. Under natural conditions, it is found in southeast Asia, in NorthAmerica, China. The flowers are shaped like a split heart.
They are located on a curved shoot singly, forming racemose unilateral inflorescences. The color of the flowers is different (depending on the variety): snow-white and pink, yellow or bright red. The flowers are medium-sized, with a diameter of no more than three centimeters.
Yuki cherry blossom
The breeders call these very beautiful plants a real "floricultural breakthrough". Surprisingly, they are winter-hardy, unpretentious and at the same time surprisingly beautiful. Small shrubs, no more than sixty centimeters high, are suitable for low borders and for growing on latios in containers. This plant was developed by the Dutch company Valkplant BV.
Ashy Geranium Jolly Jewel
And this is a whole series of varieties from the Dutch company Compass Plants B. V. The flowers are winter-hardy, resistant to diseases and pests, characterized by very fast growth and lush flowering from April to September. The height of the bushes does not exceed twelve centimeters.
Lantana
This plant is known in India as "the curse of the planters". This is due to its rapid growth. Despite this, lantana is recognized as one of the most beautiful in the world and, in our opinion, it is absolutely deserved. An evergreen shrub growing naturally in the tropics of Colombia, Africa, Venezuela, is really unusually beautiful. In nature, there are over one hundred and fifty species of flower, but lantana vault is considered the mostpopular and cultivated variety. The bush grows huge, more than one and a half meters in height.
Numerous branches are covered with a huge number of flowers collected in inflorescences. They can come in a variety of colors: white and red, yellow and orange, purple and pink.
Ornamental Plants
Every year in the Netherlands, in the city of Boskop, there is an international exhibition of ornamental plants Plantarium, which presents hundreds of new selections. It is of great interest to professionals and amateur flower growers. From a huge variety of samples this year, experts selected thirty-eight of the best plants that literally won their hearts. Let's introduce you to some of the winners.
Blue Marvel
Oak sage of this variety conquered the panel of judges with a record size for its type of deep purple inflorescences. The bush is quite compact - about twenty-five centimeters high. It can be planted in a container, but taking into account the amazing winter hardiness (up to -34 degrees). Blue marvel can be planted in borders, mixborders, flower beds without fear for the result.
Gloriosa
Luxurious, rather expensive and rare flower native to Asia and South Africa. It has the second name "flower of glory". Gloriosa has fairly thin stems, elongated leaves that can reach a length of as much as three meters. These flowers are always brightly colored: red-yellow and yellow-green combinations.always look exquisite.
Echimenskaya Everlight
And this specimen will be of interest to everyone who loves beautiful green plants. In fact, this is a new variety of sedge, the most compact in the popular Evercolor series. This is a very showy plant, ideal for growing in containers and pots, but can also be grown outdoors. The sedge is frost-resistant, easily tolerates low temperatures down to –25 °C.
Strelitzia (flower of paradise)
This member of the Strelitzia family is one of the most beautiful plants on our planet. Several open flower buds look like soaring birds. In nature, the flower is found in the tropics of South Africa. The high decorative qualities of the flower of paradise made it possible to grow it not only to decorate interiors, but also to create original landscapes.
Dendrobium
An ornamental plant of incredible beauty from the Orchid family. This flower grows in the subtropics of East and South Asia, Australia, New Zealand. The stem plant has apical leaves that are located along the entire stem.
Depending on the variety, the flowers can be of different shapes, sizes and colors. All varieties of this exotic plant are grown both indoors and in greenhouses and ornamental gardens. These flowers are protected by an international convention.
We have presented you the most beautiful types of plants, in our opinion, of course. Perhaps someone will not agree with our choice, nevertheless, no one will deny that all the samples presented are surprisingly good.
