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Plants of the world on postage stamps
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Hilary
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June 04, 2021, 06:52:10 AM »
Cerasus avium
synonym for
Prunus avium
, Sweet Cherry
Moldova issued this stamp in a four-stamp series named FRUITS in 1998
Prunus avium
is mentioned in
REPLACING TREES AFTER A FOREST FIRE
by Peter Eaton
THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN number 49, July 2007
The photo of the cherries was taken in June last year
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Living in Korinthos, Greece.
No garden but two balconies, one facing south and the other north.
Most of my plants are succulents which need little care
Hilary
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Polianthes tuberosa
, Tuberose
This stamp is in a series of three stamps issued by Algeria in1972 named ALGERIAN FLOWERS
The photo is of some Tuberose I treated myself to one December
This plant is mentioned in
THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN 82, October 2015
SOME MUST-HAVE BULBOUS PLANTS FOR MEDITERRANEAN GARDENS by Oron Peri
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June 14, 2021, 01:03:24 PM »
Hilary, don't they have such lovely scent. I was given a pot full of them years ago by an old lady who lives on the same village as our daughter. She used to see me taking my granddaughter for a walk around their village and often invited us to her garden for 'kafe' and of course cuttings of plants. I bought other bulbs since then but they only flower once for me.
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June 14, 2021, 01:25:44 PM »
They were the flowers of my wedding bouquet, I had never seen them before
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Rhododendron ponticum
, Common Rhododendron, Pontic rhododendron
This stamp was issued by Turkey in 2018 in a series of seven stamps named FLORA AND PLANTS
Rhododendron ponticum
is mentioned as an invasive plant in the SUNDRIES section INVASIVE SPECIES of THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN number 54, October 2008
On a more cheerful note, Rhododendron are mentioned in
THE MAKING OF TWO VERY LARGE GARDENS by John Walker
THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN 96, April 2019
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Living in Korinthos, Greece.
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Most of my plants are succulents which need little care
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Solanum melongena
, Aubergine, Egg Plant
This stamp is in a series of four stamps issued by Algeria in 2017 named
FRUITS OF ALGERIA
Aubergines are in season now, June, so I took a photo of some bought from the greengrocer and then cooked them
Aubergines are mentioned in many issues of THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN. I chose number 102, October 2020 for you to read SECOND GARDENS by Frances Shaw
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Zea Mays
, Maize
The Ivory Coast issued this stamp in 1979 to celebrate the
19th ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE
Maize is mentioned in several issues of THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN, today I chose issue number 57, July 2009 for you to read
SOME DROUGHT -TOLERANT FOOD PLANTS: PART II
By David Bracey, where there is a paragraph devoted to Maize
I have also included a scan of a drawing by Katharine Fedden depicting Maize and other food plants from the same article
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Crocus antalyensis
A stamp issued by Turkey in a seven-stamp series named
FLORA AND PLANTS
Crocus antalyensis
is mentioned in
THE FLORA OF OTTOMAN GARDENS 11
FLOWERING PLANTS
By Nicholas Stavroulakis
THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN number 11, Winter 1997/8
Ottoman floral motifs, an illustration drawn by Nicholas Stavroulakis is on page iv of the same journal
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Clivia nobilis
, Eastern Cape Clivia, Green-tip forest lily
This stamp was issued by CISKEI in 1988 in a series of four stamps which was named ENDANGERED AND PROTECTED PLANT SPECIES
Clivias are mentioned in THE DEVELOPMENT OF A GARDEN IN PORTUGAL
By Johannes Ulrich Urban
THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN number 104, April 2021
For photographs of this garden see THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN SOCIETY website
https://www.mediterraneangardensociety.org/104-urban.html
The photograph is of a huge Clivia on our front balcony
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Hilary, I have taken some photos of Yellow and Orange flowers this morning. Here are some of them. Cosmos,
Hemerocalis fulvia, Tropaeolum majus, Thunbergia alata 'Arizona dark red', Senna corymbosa, Wedelia trilobata, Cucumis sativus
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Hilary
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What a great selection, all in one garden!. Thanks for sharing
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Living in Korinthos, Greece.
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Olea europaea
, Olive tree
In 2018 Turkey issued a series of seven stamps named FLORA AND PLANTS
The photo was taken a few years ago when we went looking for another section of the Hexamillion wall near Isthmia
Olive trees are mentioned in
AGM 2019-PELION: A SPECIAL NOWHERE
By
Ann Semaan Beisch
THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN number 99, January 2020
For photographs of some of the places visited see THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN SOCIETY website
https://www.mediterraneangardensociety.org/99-post.html
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Inula helenium
, Elecampane, Horse heal
A stamp issued in a six-stamp series named LOCAL FLORA by Yugoslavia in 1965
Inula
is mentioned in A GARDEN FOR UMBELLIFERAE by Eliano Pallaro
THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN number 6, Autumn 1996
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Bellis perennis
, Common daisy, Madeliefje
Holland issued a series of three stamps in 1994 named FLOWERS
This stamp is one of the three
Daisies are mentioned in many issues of THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN.
I chose number 99, January 2020 for you to read
REMEMBERING RAYMOND SANDERS
By Valerie Osborne – Androutsopoulou
The photo is of a daisy but which one I do not know.
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Cirsium eriophorum
, Wooly thistle
This stamp was issued by San Marino in a series of seven stamps in 1967 named FLOWERS
Cirsium
is mentioned in
LEARNING TO LOVE STINGING NETTLES AND THISTLES
By Fleur Pavlidis
THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN number 23, January 2001
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