From the Book - First English-language edition.
Forest giants. Coastal redwood ; Mountain ash
A trunk bigger than a house. Baobab ; Montezuma cypress ; Banyan
Ancient ones. King's holly ; Great Basin bristlecone pine ; Norway spruce
Big and prickly. Saguaro ; Elephant cactus
In water. Gulfweed ; Furbelow ; Giant kelp
Giant leaves. Royal raffia palm ; Welwitschia ; Giant rhubarb ; Queen Victoria's water lily
Exceptional flowers. Titan arum ; Rafflesia ; Talipot palm
Enormous fruits and seeds. Sea heart ; Sea coconut ; Jackfruit tree
To the max!. Winter squash ; Zucchini ; Cabbage
Spreading out. Quaking aspen ; Neptune grass ; Sacred fig
Long vines. Guyanese bauhinia ; Pitcher plant ; Swiss cheese plant
Fast growers. Titanka ; Bamboo ; Sensitive plant
Out of this world. Canary Islands dragon tree ; Jackal food ; Desert rose ; Black bat flower
Prehistoric plants. Tree fern ; Mexican giant horsetail ; Gingko ; Monkey puzzle tree
In extreme conditions. Cypress-pine ; Arctic willow ; Red mangrove
Solitary. Wood's cycad ; Tree of Ténéré ; Campbell Island Sitka spruce
