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Flowers of Oceania

Wattle, waratah and kangaroo paw, pohutukawa, frangipani and the lei of the Pacific. 36 pages on Phool so far.

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Eucalyptus The tall, aromatic trees and shrubs known as gum trees or eucalypts 🇦🇺 Australia and 7 more · Flowering tree Acacia Shrubs and trees with golden or cream puffball flowers, native mostly to Australia 🇦🇺 Australia and 6 more · Wildflower Forget-me-notMyosotis Small blue wildflowers known for remembrance and love 🇳🇿 New Zealand and 7 more · Wildflower Place Australian National Botanic Gardens Australia’s largest living collection of native plants in Canberra Canberra, 🇦🇺 Australia · Botanical garden Place Adelaide Botanic Garden A 51-hectare public garden in central Adelaide, open since 1857 Adelaide, 🇦🇺 Australia · Botanical garden Place Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Mount Coot-tha A 52-hectare botanic garden at the base of Brisbane’s highest hill Brisbane, 🇦🇺 Australia · Botanical garden Place Dandenong Ranges Botanic Garden A cool-climate garden in the hills near Melbourne, famous for rhododendrons and cherry blossom Olinda, 🇦🇺 Australia · Botanical garden, Sep to Oct Place George Brown Darwin Botanic Gardens A tropical plant garden in Darwin, Northern Territory Darwin, 🇦🇺 Australia · Botanical garden Place Queens Park, Toowoomba A historic public park and botanic garden in Toowoomba, Queensland Toowoomba, 🇦🇺 Australia · Botanical garden Place Flecker Botanical Gardens A historic botanical garden in Cairns, Queensland, known for tropical plant collections Cairns, 🇦🇺 Australia · Botanical garden Place Wollongong Botanic Garden A public garden with themed plant collections in Wollongong, Australia Wollongong, 🇦🇺 Australia · Botanical garden Place Geelong Botanic Gardens Historic botanical gardens in Geelong, Victoria, with diverse plant collections Geelong, 🇦🇺 Australia · Botanical garden Place Ballarat Botanical Gardens Victorian-era botanical gardens beside Lake Wendouree in Ballarat, Australia Ballarat, 🇦🇺 Australia · Botanical garden Place Parnell Rose Gardens A rose garden and park in Parnell, Auckland with over 5,000 roses and heritage trees Auckland, 🇳🇿 New Zealand · Flower garden, November Place Auckland Botanic Gardens A 64-hectare public garden with over 10,000 plants in Auckland, New Zealand Auckland, 🇳🇿 New Zealand · Botanical garden Place Dunedin Botanic Garden New Zealand’s oldest botanic garden, with themed gardens and historic features Dunedin, 🇳🇿 New Zealand · Botanical garden Place Thurston Gardens Botanical gardens at the heart of Suva, Fiji Suva, 🇫🇯 Fiji · Botanical garden Place Royal Botanic Garden SydneyRoyal Botanic Gardens Sydney’s historic 30-hectare botanical garden on the edge of the harbour Sydney, 🇦🇺 Australia · Botanical garden Place Kings Park A vast park and botanic garden overlooking Perth, famous for wildflowers and memorials Perth, 🇦🇺 Australia · Botanical garden, September Place City Botanic Gardens Brisbane’s riverside botanic gardens with rare trees and historic plantings Brisbane, 🇦🇺 Australia · Botanical garden Place Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens Historic botanical gardens in Hobart with rare Tasmanian and subantarctic plants Hobart, 🇦🇺 Australia · Botanical garden Place Christchurch Botanic Gardens A 21-hectare public garden in central Christchurch, New Zealand Christchurch, 🇳🇿 New Zealand · Botanical garden Place Queenstown Gardens Botanical gardens by Lake Wakatipu with heritage trees and a rose garden Queenstown, 🇳🇿 New Zealand · Botanical garden Place Hunter Valley Gardens A vast themed garden and event venue in Pokolbin, New South Wales Pokolbin, 🇦🇺 Australia · Botanical garden Place Araluen Botanic Park A 59-hectare botanical park in the hills south of Perth, Western Australia Perth, 🇦🇺 Australia · Botanical garden Place Hamilton Gardens A riverside park in Hamilton with gardens from many cultures and eras Hamilton, 🇳🇿 New Zealand · Botanical garden Cooktown orchidDendrobium bigibbum A lilac-purple orchid from Queensland, the floral emblem of the state 🇦🇺 Australia and 1 more · Wildflower Place Blue Mountains Botanic Garden A cool-climate botanic garden high in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales Sydney, 🇦🇺 Australia · Botanical garden Place Eastwoodhill Arboretum New Zealand’s national arboretum with thousands of trees from around the world Gisborne District, 🇳🇿 New Zealand · Flower garden Guettarda speciosa A coastal shrub with fragrant white flowers found on tropical beaches 🇦🇺 Australia and 5 more · Wildflower Spear thistleCirsium vulgare Tall, spiny thistle with purple flowers and a symbol of Scotland 🇦🇺 Australia and 2 more · Wildflower Red gingerAlpinia purpurata A tropical plant with vivid red bracts often used in bouquets and ceremonies 🇼🇸 Samoa and 7 more · Wildflower WaxflowerChamelaucium Evergreen shrubs with waxy, aromatic flowers from Western Australia 🇦🇺 Australia and 1 more · Wildflower Decoration Jack in the Green A May Day folk figure made of greenery, worn in English spring parades 🇦🇺 Australia · Custom, May Kangaroo paw Unusual tubular flowers from south-western Australia, shaped like a kangaroo’s paw 🇦🇺 Australia and 3 more · Wildflower Decoration Shellcraft Decorative art made by arranging and using seashells 🇦🇺 Australia and 1 more · Flower craft Place Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria Two landmark gardens in Melbourne and Cranbourne for plant collections and Australian flora Cranbourne, 🇦🇺 Australia · Botanical garden

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