The narrow-leaved bottle tree is from Australia's desert regions that does well in the lower deserts. The swollen base or caudex allows this tree to store much-needed moisture.

Australia has a parasite believed to be the largest in the world, a tree whose greedy roots stab victims up to 110m away. The Christmas tree (Nuytsia floribunda) has blades for slicing into the roots ...

While the koala, nicknamed Daphne, may have been a cute addition to the tree, the animal certainly couldn't stay there. So McCormick called volunteer-run koala rescue organization, 1300KOALAZ .