SplasheryPlayground

Nature

23 Splashes.

  1. Oak TreeThe oak is a big, broad tree with a thick trunk and wavy-edged leaves, and its seeds are acorns.
  2. Pine TreeA pine is an evergreen tree: it keeps its long, thin needles all year, and its seeds grow inside woody cones.
  3. Palm TreeThe coconut palm grows on warm, sandy coasts all around the tropics.
  4. Cherry BlossomCherry trees flower in spring, covering their bare branches in clouds of pale pink blossom before the leaves come out.
  5. Maple TreeThe maple is a tree known for its leaves with pointed lobes, which turn fiery red, orange and gold in autumn.
  6. BonsaiA bonsai is a real tree kept small by careful growing in a shallow pot.
  7. Weeping WillowThe weeping willow is a tree whose long, thin branches hang down almost to the ground like a curtain.
  8. SunflowerA sunflower's big head is not one flower but many: the dark middle is packed with hundreds of tiny flowers that each become a seed, and the yellow petals around the edge belong to flowers of their own.
  9. RoseThe rose is one of the best-loved flowers in the world, grown in gardens for thousands of years for its soft, layered petals and its scent.
  10. DandelionA dandelion starts as a bright yellow flower.
  11. TulipsTulips are spring flowers that grow from bulbs, each stem holding one cup-shaped flower.
  12. DaisiesA daisy looks like one flower, but its yellow middle is made of many tiny flowers, and each white petal around it is a flower too.
  13. LotusThe lotus is a water plant that roots in the mud at the bottom of ponds and holds its big round leaves and flowers above the water.
  14. ToadstoolThese red toadstools with white spots are fly agarics, perhaps the most famous mushrooms of fairy tales.
  15. FernFerns are some of the oldest plants on Earth: they grew long before the dinosaurs, and they still grow in shady woods today.
  16. Saguaro CactusThe saguaro is a giant cactus of the Sonoran Desert in Arizona and Mexico.
  17. Coral ReefCorals may look like rocks or plants, but they are animals.
  18. PineconeA pinecone is the part of a pine tree that holds its seeds.
  19. AcornsAn acorn is the nut of an oak tree, with a little scaly cap on top.
  20. SucculentSucculents are plants that store water in fleshy leaves, stems or roots, so they can live through long dry spells.
  21. BambooBamboo is a giant grass with tall, hollow stems split into sections by rings called nodes.
  22. PebblesPebbles are small stones rounded smooth by water.
  23. KelpKelp is a giant seaweed, a kind of brown algae that grows in cool, shallow seas.