early spring blooming in Israel

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fragman

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early spring blooming in Israel
« on: March 02, 2012, 10:43:32 PM »
Its really hard to stay at home, flower carpets are everywhere.
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Cistanche tubulosda in the north Dead Sea area.
Orchis punctulata in Mt Carmel
Cyclamen persicum blooming in the burnt Mt Carmel (12/2010 fire)
Trigonella berythea - progenitor of fenugreek
Iris histrio in Odem forest - n Golan
Vicia hulensis - a small endemic annual, Golan
Ranunculus asiaticus carpets in the northern Jordan Valley
Echium rauwolfii and wild barley in the northern Jordan Valley
Iris grant-duffii in the soythern Golan
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Ori Fragman-Sapir
Jerusalem Botanical Gardens

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Alisdair

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Re: early spring blooming in Israel
« Reply #1 on: March 03, 2012, 10:11:37 AM »
Wow! Thanks for those glorious sights!
Alisdair Aird
Gardens in SE England (Sussex); also coastal Southern Greece, and (in a very small way) South West France; MGS member (and former president); vice chairman RHS Lily Group, past chairman Cyclamen Society

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JTh

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Re: early spring blooming in Israel
« Reply #2 on: March 03, 2012, 12:27:07 PM »
Nice!
Retired veterinary surgeon by training with a PhD in parasitology,  but worked as a virologist since 1992.
Member of the MGS  since 2004. Gardening in Oslo and to a limited extent in Halkidiki, Greece.

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John

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Re: early spring blooming in Israel
« Reply #3 on: March 03, 2012, 07:44:45 PM »
Yes thanks for posting them. It doesn't seem a year ago that we were looking at many of these plants on our MGS trip organised by Oron.
John
Horticulturist, photographer, author, garden designer and plant breeder; MGS member and RHS committee member. I garden at home in SW London and also at work in South London.

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MikeHardman

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Re: early spring blooming in Israel
« Reply #4 on: April 17, 2012, 02:50:56 PM »
Only just noticed this; wow indeed - some lovely sights nicely captured fragman; thanks
Mike
Geologist by Uni training, IT consultant, Referee for Viola for Botanical Society of the British Isles, commissioned author and photographer on Viola for RHS (Enc. of Perennials, The Garden, The Plantsman).
I garden near Polis, Cyprus, 100m alt., on marl, but have gardened mainly in S.England

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cicerone

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Re: early spring blooming in Israel
« Reply #5 on: May 02, 2012, 10:05:20 PM »
Beautiful. Israel is an interesting country from so many angles...Must visit.
- Creating a California Native / Mediterranean garden in the San Francisco Fogbelt

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andrewsloan

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Re: early spring blooming in Israel
« Reply #6 on: July 29, 2012, 01:10:57 PM »
Excellent photos, looks so pretty in Spring and bring back memories of the MGS trip 12 mths before.