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Does anyone know of any plants, shrubs etc. that are mentioned in the bible
or the gospel that are available in the UK for purchase ?


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Does anyone know of any plants, shrubs etc. that are mentioned in the bible
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Wheat, barley, grape vines, figs, pomegranates (don't fruit here) olives,
apples, bay, lemons, various herbs.........
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If you google for "plants of the bible" you'll find several lists; you
then have to decide which are reliable, as they don't agree on the
identification of all of the plants.

Then go to PlantFinder
(http://www.rhs.org.uk/rhsplantfinder/plantfinder.asp) and see what you
can find.

Not all plants mentioned in the Bible are hardy in the UK, but some are.
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olives?
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Burning bushes (you will need some diesel or paraffin).

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Was Daphne a Saint?



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Does anyone know of any plants, shrubs etc. that are mentioned in the bible
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Was Daphne a Saint?


No. Not in the Bible anyway.

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Does anyone know of any plants, shrubs etc. that are mentioned in the bible or the gospel that are available in the UK for purchase ?
I doubt you'll be able to get a Tree of Knowledge or Tree of Life anywhere these days.

The Ark of the Covenant was made of the delightfully named shittim wood, which apparently is some type of acacia, but not one that is hardy in Britain. But perhaps you could instead plant hyssop, as in "purge me with hyssop and I shall be clean", one might say it could do the same job.

The Vine of Sodom is another one you'll have to pass on, but apparently its fruit taste terrible so you aren't missing anything. Frankincense and myrrh aren't hardy either.

As someone else says, mistranslations and inconsistent translations abound. For example the RV in Psalm 29 has cedar, but the NIV has terebinth - you'll only be able to grow the former.
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Was Daphne a Saint?

Greek mythology, wasn't she?
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olives?


As long as you don't overwater them :-)

(sorry Anyroadup, couldn't resist it)

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On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:33:39 +0100, K wrote:

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Does anyone know of any plants, shrubs etc. that are mentioned in the bible
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Was Daphne a Saint?

Greek mythology, wasn't she?


A nymph, chaste and beautiful, daughter of the river Peneius and
Ladon, a river god. Apollo tried to seduce her, but was rejected. He
then became more forceful, and she fled, but he caught her and she
cried out to Gaea for help. The earth opened beneath her and she was
swallowed up, and a laurel tree sprang up at the spot. Apollo made the
tree sacred to him.

So whether laurels or daphnes are wrongly named, I'll leave you to
decide......


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" writes
On Apr 26, 8:46 pm, "Baldoni" wrote:
Does anyone know of any plants, shrubs etc. that are mentioned in the bible
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Was Daphne a Saint?

Greek mythology, wasn't she?


A nymph, chaste and beautiful, daughter of the river Peneius and
Ladon, a river god. Apollo tried to seduce her, but was rejected. He
then became more forceful, and she fled, but he caught her and she
cried out to Gaea for help. The earth opened beneath her and she was
swallowed up, and a laurel tree sprang up at the spot. Apollo made the
tree sacred to him.

So whether laurels or daphnes are wrongly named, I'll leave you to
decide......

To muddy the waters, the spurge laurel is a Daphne (never mind that the
other plants called laurel are a heterogenous lot).
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olives?
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Burning bushes (you will need some diesel or paraffin).


Unless it's a creosote bush.

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Does anyone know of any plants, shrubs etc. that are mentioned in the
bible
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Was Daphne a Saint?

Greek mythology, wasn't she?


A nymph, chaste and beautiful, daughter of the river Peneius and
Ladon, a river god. Apollo tried to seduce her, but was rejected. He
then became more forceful, and she fled, but he caught her and she
cried out to Gaea for help. The earth opened beneath her and she was
swallowed up, and a laurel tree sprang up at the spot.


Don't you hate it when that sort of thing happens when you're out on the
pull?


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Does anyone know of any plants, shrubs etc. that are mentioned in the
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olives?


Rose of Sharron. Its a member of the hebe family. I have one at home - quite
common I think.
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