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Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: English Holly (Ilex aquifolia)

Karen Meyers April 7, 2025 0 Comments

Also known as common holly, European holly, and Christmas holly this evergreen tree is native to western and southern Europe, northwest Africa, and southwest Asia where it grows in the…

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Plant Profile: Australian Blackwood ( Acacia melanoxylon)

Karen April 10, 2024 0 Comments

Also known as hickory, mudgerabah, and Tasmanian blackwood, this evergreen tree is native to southeastern Australia including Tasmania, and is a member of the legume family, Fabaceae, that also includes…

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Plants of Ancient Pompeii: Carob (Ceratonia siliqua)

Karen April 9, 2024 0 Comments

Carob tree, also called St. John’s-bread and locust bean, is an evergreen tree and member of the pea family (Fabaceae) that also includes beans, lupines, and mimosa . It is…

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Plants of Ancient Pompeii: Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera)

Karen December 26, 2023 0 Comments

Date palm is a tender evergreen tree that probably orginated in the Fertile Crescent and has been cultivated since 7,000 BC. It is a member of the palm family, Arecaceae,…

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Plants of Ancient Pompeii: Stone Pine (Pinus pinea aka Apinus pinea)

Karen October 3, 2023 0 Comments

Also known as umbrella pine and parasol pine, this coniferous evergreen tree is native to the Mediterranean region including southern Europe, Israel, Lebanon and Syria. It is a member of…

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Plants of Ancient Pompeii: Olive (Olea europaea)

Karen April 25, 2023 0 Comments

The olive was first cultivated from wild olive at the frontier between Turkey and Syria between 8,000 and 6,000 years ago. By 3000 BC it was cultivated by the Minoans…

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Plants of Ancient Pompeii: Lemon (Citrus limon)

Karen April 11, 2023 0 Comments

The lemon is a small evergreen tree in the rue family, Rutaceae, that also includes curry tree, kumquat, and Skimmia. Native to Northeast India and Northern Myanmar, lemons probably are…

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Plant Profile: Egyptian Balsam (Balanites aegyptiaca)

Karen December 26, 2022 0 Comments

Egyptian balsam is a shrub or small tree native to much of Africa and parts of the the Middle East where it grows in arid and sub-arid tropics and subtropics…

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Plants of the Bible: Olive (Olea europaea)

Karen December 23, 2022 0 Comments

Grown for thousands of years in the Mediterranean region, the common olive is a small evergreen tree and a member of the Oleaceae family that also includes lilacs, jasmine, and…

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Plant Profile: Christ’s Thorn Jujube (Zizphus spina-christi)

Karen November 23, 2022 0 Comments

Christ’s thorn jujube is a shrub or small tree native to Africa, the Levant, and southern and western Asia where it grows in a variety of habitats including deserts, semi-desert…

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