Bael or Stone Apple is the Hindu God Shiva’s tree! Maha Shivaratri, the annual festival in reverence of Shiva is mainly celebrated by offering Bael leaves. Bael is regarded as one of the sacred trees of Indian heritage where the fruit is also used in religious rituals. Its fruit can be eaten fresh or […]
Aztecs
Aztecs used its flowers in traditional medicine as a remedy for lower abdominal pain and heart problems.
Atlas Cedar
Atlas Cedar produces an aromatic oil that naturally deters insects! It is named after the Atlas Mountains in northwest Africa, where you can find the tree in its natural habitat. It can grow to 35 meters or 114 feet tall. It is planted at the White House South Lawn in Washington, DC USA. President […]
Araguaney
Araguaney is the national tree of Venezuela! Native to South America, its deep yellow resembles the one on the Venezuelan flag. It can grow to around 12 meters or 40 feet. Its golden yellow flowers are trumpet shaped with broadening corolla of deep yellow colour. They blossom from February to April, are about 2 […]
Ancient Trees by Photographer Beth Moon!
The Sentinels of St. Edwards can be found in England. These two yew trees were planted sometime in the 18th century. They are probably survivors of a celebrated and formal avenue that led to the door of the St. Edward’s Church.
Alerce Tree
The Alerce Tree was discovered in 1993 in a grove in the Andes Mountains of Chile! It is a majestic evergreen tree and scientists estimate the giant is 3,620 years old. Although Patagonian cypresses can reach 150 feet or around 46 meters in height, they gain only a millimeter in girth each year and […]
Did you know that trees prevent $7 billion in health costs every year by filtering air pollution?
Did you know that trees prevent $7 billion in health costs every year by filtering air pollution? New research says the closer you can live to trees, the better off you are. Air pollution now kills around seven million people every year globally, according to the World Health Organization. In the journal of Environmental […]
386 years old tree
One of the first fruit trees planted in America is still alive at 386 years! It may be hard to believe but one of America’s earliest settlers is still alive today and bearing fruit after 386 years. Among the first wave of immigrants to the New World was an English Puritan named John Endicott […]
Mudskippers
Mudskippers are very territorial fishes. Males become very aggressive, especially during the mating season, when another male enters it’s territory. Males perform push-ups and jump high in the air and expose their dorsal fins before they return into the water to impress females. The Mudskippers’ fins have adapted so they can walk, jump, swim […]
Kapok tree
The Kapok tree can be found at Palm Beach, Florida in USA. She says, “Kapoks of this size usually inhabit the rain forest, but I found this one on a private estate in Florida. I first saw a picture of it in a book from the 1940s, with a caption locating it in Palm […]