swap_horiz Kangaroo Paw Alternatives

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Cherry Blossom

The cherry blossom, or sakura, is a flowering tree native to East Asia. It’s notable for its short but spectacular bloom...

Pink Japanese Spring Ephemeral

9.4 Excellent

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Kadupul

The Kadupul is a unique night-blooming cactus flower native to Sri Lanka. It belongs to the Epiphyllum genus and is nota...

White Fragrant Cactus Sri Lankan

9.3 Excellent

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Lotus

The lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) is a perennial aquatic flower valued for its beauty and symbolic significance. Originating...

Sacred Fragrant Aquatic Pink White

9.2 Excellent

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Tecophilaea

Tecophilaea is a unique flowering plant native to Chile’s Andean highlands. The species, *Tecophilaea cyanocrocus*, prod...

Blue Spring Rare Bulb

9.2 Excellent

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Himalayan Blue Poppy

The Himalayan Blue Poppy, *Meconopsis baileyi*, is a rare perennial flower originating from alpine regions of the easter...

Blue Alpine Rare Fragrant

9.0 Excellent

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Lily of the Valley

Lily of the Valley (Convallaria majalis) is a highly fragrant European woodland perennial designated the national flower...

Spring Toxic Woodland Fragrant

8.6 Great

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Peony

The peony (Paeonia) has been cultivated in China for over 1,500 years and is designated the national flower of China, pr...

Spring Lush Fragrant Perennial

8.5 Great

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Meconopsis

Meconopsis, particularly the Himalayan blue poppy (Meconopsis betonicifolia), is renowned as one of the rarest blue flow...

Blue Rare Himalayan Perennial

8.5 Great

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Chocolate Cosmos

A Mexican wildflower (Cosmos atrosanguineus) extinct in the wild since the early 1900s, surviving only as sterile vegeta...

Mexican Dark Red Perennial Chocolate Scented

8.5 Great

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Monkey Face Orchid

A cloud-forest orchid (Dracula simia) from Ecuador and Peru whose arrangement of lip, column, and petals closely resembl...

Orchid Rare Ecuador Unusual

8.5 Great

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Bee Orchid

A European orchid (Ophrys apifera) that mimics the appearance and scent of a female bee to lure male bees into pseudocop...

European Spring Orchid Unusual

8.5 Great

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Waratah

A large Australian shrub (Telopea speciosissima) bearing dramatic deep-red flower heads up to 15 cm across, designated t...

Australian Symbolic Bold Red

8.5 Great

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Torch Ginger

Etlingera elatior, native to Southeast Asia, produces large waxy torch-like inflorescences used as a culinary ingredient...

Large Tropical Red Southeast Asian

8.5 Great

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Black Bat Flower

A tropical plant (Tacca chantrieri) from Southeast Asia with dark purple-black flowers and thread-like 'whiskers' up to...

Black Exotic Tropical Unusual

8.3 Great

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Bougainvillea

Bougainvillea, native to South America, was first described by European science during Louis Antoine de Bougainville's 1...

Tropical Colorful Vine Drought Tolerant

8.2 Great

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Parrot's Beak

A Canary Islands native (Lotus berthelotii) with vivid red claw-shaped blooms, critically rare in the wild because its o...

Unusual Canary Islands Endangered Red Orange

8.2 Great

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Fritillaria

Bulbous plants in family Liliaceae with about 130 species; Fritillaria imperialis, the crown imperial, has been cultivat...

Spring Bulb Checkered Unusual

8.2 Great

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Lavender

Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) is a Mediterranean shrub cultivated for over 2,500 years, prized for its aromatic esse...

Mediterranean Herb Fragrant Purple

8.1 Great

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Hellebore

Helleborus is a genus of Eurasian flowering plants notable for blooming in winter and early spring, containing highly to...

Long Lasting Perennial Nodding Shade

8.0 Great

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Gibraltar Campion

A flowering plant (Silene tomentosa) presumed extinct until rediscovered on Gibraltar's sea cliffs in 1994, now conserve...

Pink Rare Endangered Perennial

8.0 Great