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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 368

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Prof. Yasmine Meroz, School of Plant Sciences and Food Security, Wise Faculty of Life Sciences at Tel Aviv University. (Courtesy/Tel Aviv University)
August 23, 2024, 1:15 am
Sunflowers dance together to balance sunlight and shade, Israeli researchers say
Tel Aviv University team explains how the plants grow close together and move in zigzag patterns for optimal growth in a collective ‘dance party’
By Diana Bletter
Soldiers drive by anemones at a forest near the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip, on January 21, 2024 (Liron Moldovan/Flash90)
January 23, 2024, 3:38 pm
Oblivious to war, Israel’s iconic red anemone blooms again along the Gaza border
The flower is the first of five species of bowl-shaped red blossoms with black centers that bloom one after the other, so as not to compete for pollinating beetles
By Sue Surkes
A 70-meter-long (around 230 feet) display of flowers, created from thousands of blooms and shaped into the words, "We Stand With Israel," was placed in the plaza of Tel Aviv's Habima Square on Thursday (Courtesy Yahav Trudler)
October 20, 2023, 3:35 pm
Thousands of flowers woven into words, in memory of Israelis killed
Team of volunteers makes display reading ‘We Stand With Israel,’ the words spoken by US President Joe Biden
By Jessica Steinberg
Yaala Getzov's fantastical collage, part of 'The Nature of Things' exhibit at the Jerusalem Botanical Gardens through June 22, 2023 (Courtesy Yael Ilan)
May 1, 2023, 6:27 pm
Fantasy meets reality in botanical art exhibit
‘The Nature of Things’ is now showing at new art gallery in Jerusalem Botanical Gardens
By Jessica Steinberg
A man walks in a field covered with lavender-colored blooms in the town of Rafha, near Saudi Arabia's border with Iraq, on February 13, 2023. (Fayez Nureldine/AFP)
February 17, 2023, 6:40 pm
Winter rains in Saudi Arabia cause floral bloom, turning desert purple
Sightseers from across Arabian Peninsula flock to see flowers carpeting drab landscape: ‘As if you are in paradise’
By Rania Sanjar
Turban buttercup. (Alastair Rae, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons)
April 28, 2022, 3:21 pm
Spring wildflowers late this year, thanks to historic cold spells in early 2022
Ecologist Avi Shmida says weather conditions led to some profuse blooming, though early bloomers and those in the desert were subpar; climate analyst: Coldest March since 1953
By Sue Surkes
Some of the heritage seed packets at the Jerusalem Botanical Gardens (Courtesy Jerusalem Botanical Gardens)
August 17, 2021, 11:40 am
Wildflowers will go forth from Jerusalem
Named for flower lover Nechama Rivlin, the late wife of former president Reuven Rivlin, a community-based project at Jerusalem’s Botanical Gardens aims to save rare flowers
By Jessica Steinberg
The Nazareth Iris. (Yuval Sapir)
March 13, 2021, 9:01 am
As irises bloom, the king of Israel’s wildflowers is in the field
A cornucopia of royal, or Oncocyclus, irises, are flowering in a rainbow of colors from northern to southern Israel, one of the few places in the world they can be found
By Sue Surkes
A volunteer repainting trail markers in the KKL-JNF's US Independence Park (Shmuel Bar-Am)
February 27, 2021, 9:45 am
Stroll among the humble cyclamen on a not-so-humble jaunt in the Judean Hills
From brilliantly blooming buds to scenic views and unusual and entertaining recreation areas, KKL-JNF’s US Independence Park between Jerusalem and Beit Shemesh is not to be missed
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
Sakura cherry blossoms in bloom at Jerusalem's Botanical Gardens (Courtesy Tom Amit)
February 14, 2021, 5:24 pm
Signs of spring as cherry blossoms bloom at Jerusalem gardens
Hebrew University Botanical Gardens celebrates post-lockdown reopening with days of cherry tree and pink narcissus blooms
By Jessica Steinberg
The lower trail at Beit Zayit. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
January 30, 2021, 9:09 am
A breath of fresh air: 5 invigorating nature walks to cure what ails you
When lockdown restrictions are lifted, stretch your limbs among the stunning views, sweet-smelling flowers, and lush vegetation along these free-to-access trails
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
Almond trees blossom in the Golan Heights, on February 27, 2020. (Maor Kinsbursky/Flash90)
January 27, 2021, 8:20 pm
Erupting with flowers before spring, almond tree a bounty of Jewish symbolism
The subject of a biblical miracle and a sign of industriousness, the almond tree blossoms in time for Jewish arbor day, while most other plants are still locked in winter’s embrace
By Sue Surkes
Intensely fragrant wild narcissi flowering out of the rock just outside of the city of Dimona, in southern Israel, December 21, 2020. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
December 23, 2020, 5:56 am
As winter starts, Negev desert daffodils herald the coming spring
Vistas of fragrant narcissi, blooming straight out of the rocks near Dimona, await those willing to make the trip
By Sue Surkes
A couple of bumble bees inspect and pollinate a sunflower on a Gaddis Farms field in Bolton, Miss., Friday, July 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
May 20, 2020, 6:34 am
To bee or not to bee: International Bee Day highlights plight of pollinators
90% of world’s wild flowering plant species depend, entirely, or at least partly, on animal pollination, along with over 75% of world’s food crops, 35% of agricultural land
By Sue Surkes
The Dam Hamaccabim Project's memorial pin. (Efrat Cohen)
April 25, 2020, 1:47 pm
‘Blood of Maccabees’ wildflower grows in popularity in time for Memorial Day
Family project succeeds in cultivating plant, producing memorial pins that connect ancient legend of heroism with modern day martyrs
By Sue Surkes
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