Re: Biblical garden
- To: Mediterranean Plants List <m*@ucdavis.edu>
- Subject: Re: Biblical garden
- From: L* H* <b*@bethashita.org.il>
- Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 16:38:50 +0200
Brad Belles is looking for a biblical garden. The major problem is not in
recommending plants that would be suitable in Dallas, but rather to recommend
plants that it would be possible to get the seeds or already exist in the United States
and could be propagated by cutting or division. I will try to select the flowers and
shrubs that would be most suitable, and if there is interest please contact me
privately and I will attempt to procure the necessary seeds.
Papaver subpiriforme - corn poppy - central and northern Israel
Anemone coronaria - crown anemone - all Israel - propagated by seeds or corms
Silene aegytiaca - Egyptian campiona - northern and central annual
Alcea setosa - Bristly hollyhock - common Mediterranean plant
Persica cyclamen - cormous plant - endemic to Israel and surrounding countries
Antirrhinum majus - snapdragon - ancestor of the cultivated snapdragon
Ferula communis - giant fennel - herbaceous perennial of the carrot family
Allium orientale - oriental garlic
Ornithogalum montanum - Star of Bethlehem - bulb
Narcissus tazetta - Wild daffodil
Lillium candidum - Upper Galilee and Carmel - symbol of chastity
Lupin - Lupinus pilosus - annual of northen and central Israel
Iris mesopotamica - German iris - wild on Mt. Hermon
Lavandula stoechas - French lavender - coastal region and Golan Heights
Small trees or bushes
Cercis siliquastrum
Punica granatum - dwarf varieties - pomegranate
Amydgdalus communis - almond
Ficus carica - fig
Viburnum tinus - Mt. Carmel area
Larry Harris
Chairman, R&D, Israeli Nurserymans Organization
