Fun Plant Facts

The expensive spice known as saffron, comes from a crocus flower.

Vanilla is actyually a pod from an orchid!

The freshly cut grass smell, is actually a distress signal sent by the plant

Plants can sense and respond to gravity, and respond positively.

Bamboo is the fastest growing woody plant, some varieties can grow up to 35 inches per day!

It has been said that throughout Asia bamboo was used as a torture for this very reason, people would be stretched out above bamboo as the plant grew up and.. well...

In the 1600's (Holland), tulip bulbs were worth more than gold!