A gazebo surrounded by diverse plants and tall mountain Ash trees, Dandenong Ranges Botanic Garden. Victoria. Australia.View across small lake and the Kurume Bowl, Dandenong Ranges Botanic Garden. Victoria. Australia. The Kurume Azaleas display is one of the largest of its kind in the southern hemisphere and provides a symphony of colour particularly in spring.View across small lake and the Kurume Bowl, Dandenong Ranges Botanic Garden. Victoria. Australia. The Kurume Azaleas display is one of the largest of its kind in the southern hemisphere and provides a symphony of colour particularly in spring.View across small lake and the Kurume Bowl, Dandenong Ranges Botanic Garden. Victoria. Australia. The Kurume Azaleas display is one of the largest of its kind in the southern hemisphere and provides a symphony of colour particularly in spring.View across small lake and the Kurume Bowl, Dandenong Ranges Botanic Garden. Victoria. Australia. The Kurume Azaleas display is one of the largest of its kind in the southern hemisphere and provides a symphony of colour particularly in spring.Part view of the Kurume Bowl, Dandenong Ranges Botanic Garden. Victoria. Australia. The Kurume Azaleas display is one of the largest of its kind in the southern hemisphere and provides a symphony of colour particularly in spring.Lush green display of plant life at the Dandenong Ranges Botanic Garden. Victoria. Australia.Rhododendron plant (Rose Tree in Greek). There are 850 species if Rhododendron in the wild. Dandenong Ranges Botanic Garden. Victoria. Australia.Section of Cherry Tree Grove (Summertime). Dandenong Ranges Botanic Garden. Victoria. Australia. The grove was officially opened by their Imperial Highness Prince and Princess Akishino of Japan on 13th October 1995.Close up of a Protea plant, native to Southern Africa, the Dandenong Ranges Botanic Garden. Victoria. Australia. The genus Protea was named in 1735 after the Greed Sea God Proteus who could change his form at will.Close up of a Protea plant, native to Southern Africa, the Dandenong Ranges Botanic Garden. Victoria. Australia. The genus Protea was named in 1735 after the Greed Sea God Proteus who could change his form at will.Dazzling pincushion flowers of the Leucospermum ‘Scarlet Ribbon’ plant, member of the Proteacea family. Dandenong Ranges Botanic Garden. Victoria. Australia. Native to Southern Africa, the genus Protea was named in 1735 after the Greed Sea God Proteus who could change his form at will.Dazzling pincushion flowers of the Leucospermum ‘Scarlet Ribbon’ plant, member of the Proteacea family. Dandenong Ranges Botanic Garden. Victoria. Australia. Native to Southern Africa, the genus Protea was named in 1735 after the Greed Sea God Proteus who could change his form at will.Dazzling pincushion flowers of the Leucospermum ‘Scarlet Ribbon’ plant, member of the Proteacea family. Dandenong Ranges Botanic Garden. Victoria. Australia. Native to Southern Africa, the genus Protea was named in 1735 after the Greed Sea God Proteus who could change his form at will.Pathway winding around the Protea garden, the Dandenong Ranges Botanic Garden. Victoria. Australia. Proteas are native to Southern Africa; the genus Protea was named in 1735 after the Greed Sea God Proteus who could change his form at will.Elegant West Himalayan Spruce trees, large, pyramidal, needled conifers with horizontal drooping branches. Dandenong Ranges Botanic Garden. Victoria. Australia. Growing to 30 metres (100 feet) in height the tree is also known as Picea smithiana, the morinda sprucePathway lined by a meadow including Irish Heath flowers Daboecia cantabrica. Dandenong Ranges Botanic Garden. Victoria. Australia.Smoke tree, either the European (Cotinus coggygria) or American (Cotinus obovatus). Dandenong Ranges Botanic Garden. Victoria. Australia.Paved walkway through lush green display of plant life at the Dandenong Ranges Botanic Garden. Victoria. Australia.The Gazebo and Ornamental Lake, Dandenong Ranges Botanic Garden. Victoria. Australia.Looking across the ornamental lake, Dandenong Ranges Botanic Garden. Victoria. Australia.View towards the Gazebo and Ornamental Lake, Dandenong Ranges Botanic Garden. Victoria. Australia.Paved walkway through lush green display of plant life at the Dandenong Ranges Botanic Garden. Victoria. Australia.Paved walkway through lush green display of plant life at the Dandenong Ranges Botanic Garden. Victoria. Australia.Old red telephone box in the scented garden, Dandenong Ranges Botanic Garden. Victoria. Australia.Mexican Blue Mist plant (Bartlettina sordida), Dandenong Ranges Botanic Garden. Victoria. Australia.Mexican Blue Mist plant (Bartlettina sordida), Dandenong Ranges Botanic Garden. Victoria. Australia.