The giant freshwater stingray may be the world’s largest freshwater fish. It’s also cloaked in mystery. No one is sure how many giant stingrays are left, which habitats they prefer ...

It has a name, the President, bestowed about 90 years ago by admiring humans. It’s a giant sequoia, a member of Sequoiadendron giganteum, one of several surviving species of redwoods.

Raine also suggests Liriope muscari to try, which has spikes of eye-catching ... Many varieties reach a height of around 8in, although the 'Giant' variety grows up to 1ft, and is honey-scented, too.

A bronze sculpture, Chimpanzee Hands by Melbourne artist Lisa Roet, is a focal point of the front garden, where tulip trees ...