29 Fascinating Facts About Plants From Around The World
The largest plants in the world are the giant redwood trees of North America. Sequoias can grow up to 107 m (350 ft) or more in height and may be up to 7.5 m (26 ft) across. They can weight more than nine times as much as a blue whale, the heaviest animal that has ever lived.
29 Fascinating Facts about Plants from around the World
By Mr Ghaz, August 29, 2010
29 Fascinating Facts about Plants from around the World
1) When Czar Nicholas I and his wife strolling in the ground of one of their places, they spotted what appeared to be the first snowdrop of the year. When the Tsarina expressed a wish that it should not be picked, her husband ordered a soldier to stand guard over the tiny flower.
Some fifty years later, the Czar’s great- grandson, Nicholas 2, was strolling in the same grounds when he spotted a lone sentry in the middle of a field. Puzzled by this, he made enquiries and found that the order of Nicholas I had been entered in the guard log book and sentries had been dutifully posted on the same spot for half a century.
2) The world’s rarest plant is a type of Silversword which is only known to grow in the crater of an extinct volcano on a Hawaiian island.
3) Productive Palms
In the island of the Seychelles, the inhabitants grow palms which produce huge, double coconuts which can weigh up to 18kg (40lb).
4) A seventeenth- century book seriously advised its readers to plant a lily in their gardens as it was an effective method of keeping ghosts away.
5) The Tomato- Fruit or Vegetable?
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Fascinating entry of fascinating plants, Mr Ghaz!
Great share my friend.. ^^
Very nice share
nice share man !! 
Very well said
These are fascinating and interesting to know.
Another great one!
Blessings.
Sincerely,
-Joie Schmidt.
Awesome – really great!
Very cool.
very interesting facts,
Mr. Ghaz, you might want to fix the spelling errors. It discredits your information.
FYI…truffles are not plants. They are in the 3rd kingdom – fungi. Plants and animals are the other 2.
The Facts arec really amazing and the pictures are very nice.
