Growing and Glowing

**Growing and Glowing** are the plants and flora that can be found on Starland.

## Description

Starland is sprinkled with botanical gardens where Starlings can enjoy the wide variety of radiant flora. One of the nicest is Serenity Gardens. Set on an island in Luminous Lake, the gardens can be seen from Starling Academy. Many of Starland's abundant species of shimmering plants are also edible. How appropriate in a world where everyone is a vegetarian.

## List of Flora

### Famous plants

* Glorange Tree - A tall tree with long branches that radiate from its crown. At the end of the Time of Lumiere, the branches bend with large orange fruits with a sweet and sour taste. Its fruit is like an orange; it is made into a juice often served for breakfast.
* Druderwomp - An edible bush with a barrel shape. It is able to pull itself out of the ground, roll to another place and take root there.
* Featherjabber - The delicate leaves of this shimmering perennial are slightly bitter in taste, but they are delicious when sautéed or in salads. Many believe that it has special healing properties.
* Ballum Blossom Tree - A tree in Starland with flowers similar to cherry blossoms. Its flowers glow with a unique glow in the evenings. The pink and white flowers make this tree especially beautiful. At night, the flowers light up with a soft shimmering glow. The fruit of the Ballum Blossom tree is a sweet red berry. It can be eaten raw or baked in cakes.

### Trees and shrubs

* Boingtree - A shrub with thick aromatic needles.
* Moonfeather bush - A bush from which moon feathers are collected from.
* Lumilac bush - A plant.
* Kaleidoscope Tree - A rare and beautiful tree whose blossoms continuously change color.
* Moonnut Tree  - A tree from which milk processed into moon cheese is obtained - an addition to sponge cakes.
* Ruffruff Tree - A tree with hard, rough leaves that grows in Starland.
* Ozziefruit Tree - A tree with pink leaves. Its fruit, Ozziefruit, is an indigo plum-sized sweet fruit. It is usually eaten raw, made into jam or baked in cakes.
* Starapple Tree - A tree that grows starapples on it.
* Gloak tree - A tree growing in Starland, famous for its strength and beauty.
* Goldenella tree - A tree that blooms for exactly one week. Its flowers jump off the branches like popcorn grains.
* Glimmerwillow tree - A tree growing on Starland. Its branches (called glitters) hang low, creating a space around the trunk resembling a hut or a leafy chamber.
	+ Glimmervines - A climbing plant.

### Flowers

* Sleepibelle – A fragrant flower. Its petals resemble a pendulum.
* Bluebeezels - A delicate, light blue flowers that emit a scent that only glitters can smell.
* Glowball - A pink fluffy flower with a sweet scent that promotes relaxation, often used in incense.
* Boheminella - A sparkling lavender-colored flower.
* Calliope - A shiny yellow flower with wavy petals and a purple center.
* Callistola - A tiny green flower resembling a bell, which when shaken can be heard softly ringing. They smell similar to ripe Ozziefruit.
* Florafierce - A flower that helps you get out of Starling Academy's maze. Glowing stardust rises from the center of this flower's fiery red petals.
* Lallabelle -Ssmall turquoise flowers that grow in clusters. They do not fade and are often used in dried flower arrangements.
* Briteflowers  - Small white shimmering flowers often used for decoration.
* Skywinkle  - A blue flower that shimmers as if sprinkled with diamond dust.
* Bluebubble - Vega's favorite flower.
* Punkypows - Scarlet's favorite flowers.
* Blushbelle - Libby's favorite flower with a beautiful scent.
* Silverbella - A flower with a spherical shape, with tiny pink and white petals spreading radially from the center.
* Crimsonalia - A plant with bright red flowers.
* Chatterbursts - Gemma's favorite flowers. It has a scent of orange-vanilla ice cream.
* Vertessema - A flower in the shape of a circle made of golden stars.
* Violina - A pale blue cone-shaped flower with clusters of shiny, dark blue leaves.
* Zeldablooms - Large, fragrant purple flowers with yellow centers.
* Golden Roar - A bright, shiny golden flower. Its intense light spills out like a spotlight. Symmetrical layers of pointed petals create a perfect golden star in the center.
* Purple Piphany - A flower from the Starland that emits an intense fragrance. Five light purple rings form virtual petals that circle the physical structure of the flower. An umbrella made of plush purple leaves grows from a multi-colored stem. Rubbing the leaves releases aromas of black pepper and berries.

### Others

* Stargrass  - The equivalent to grass from Wishworld.
* Glowmoss - Very soft vegetation covering the meadows in Starland.
* Rainbow Lichen - A plant.
* Prickly buds - The buds of plants found in Starland that will bloom. Before they bloom, they are covered with rough, prickly shells.
* Starpepper - A spice (often in the form of crushed leaves) that adds flavor and spice to Starling cuisine.
* Starweed  - A plant with thin emerald green leaves, often eaten cooked in soup or raw in salads.
* Dramboozle - A naturally occurring herb that helps you fall asleep and provides peaceful, beautiful dreams.
* Mellomallow - A plant from Starland.
* Glimmerberry - A plant with a sweet smell.
* Mustardia - A plant whose bright yellow flowers are often rubbed and added to spicy sauces.
* Roxylinda - A coral-colored plant with large flowers.