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General Subjects => Travel / Places to Visit => Topic started by: Miriam on April 11, 2009, 09:07:47 PM
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Today I visited the Jerusalem Botanic Gardens.
Lets start with some annual plants from Israel:
Click on the photos to enlarge the size
Cerinthe palaestina-it's a beautiful endemic plant which grows mainly in the north part of Israel.
Lupinus pilosus-it's a tall and impressive plant. The flowers are usually blue, but there are some other colors.
Antirrhinum majus- a protected plant here.
Pisum elatius- grows up to 2 meters.
And two very common plants- Papaver subpiriforme and Centaurea cyanoides.
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Two shrubs which I really like:
Cistus creticus- in Hebrew it is called Lotem and I named my daughter after it.
Salvia hierosolymitana- grows in Israel and Syria.
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Next batch- Geophytes
Paeonia mascula- very rare here.
Scilla hyacinthoides
Asphodeline lutea
Asphodelus ramosus
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Wonderful pictures Miriam!
Pisum elatius has very elegant flowers. Love the color combination. Stunning.
But 2 m. high, I suppose it is not any more a beautiful garden plant??
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Thanks Luit,
Why not? it's a climber...
More Geophytes (not native to Israel):
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Miriam, I was to much impressed by the flowers to realise that Pisum is a pea.
Must have been a late night senior moment.... :-[ ;D
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Wonderful set of pictures Miriam, thanks for posting them.
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Some more photos
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And last ones
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Miriam,
What a meeting of plants from all parts of the world!
I'm more than surprised that Forsythia europaea is growing and
flowering so impressive there.
Gerd
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Thanks for your fine pictures, Miriam,
looks like a very beautiful botanical garden - hope to see it with my own eyes... :)
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Wonderful pictures Miriam !
Gladiolus splendens is my favourite !! :D