Plant

Critically endangered perennial herb successfully propagated by KKL-JNF

The endangered herb is mostly found in the Sharon and Menashe heights but exists in only small, isolated spots across the country as its population has declined since the mid-20th century.

Teucrium Procerum
Flower-free at Elie Wiesel Plaza in the Yefe Nof neighborhood in Jerusalem.

Jerusalem public spaces lay barren as flowers die and go months without being replaced

FLORA PALAESTINA’ – 316 native species and over 2,000 uses

New Israeli website gets down to the roots of nature’s medicine chest

 Israeli scientists: Stressed plants emit ultrasonic sounds influencing insect behavior.

Israeli scientists: Stressed plants emit ultrasonic sounds influencing insect behavior


Israeli nursery sells plant seeds with fire ants

Fire ants are 1 millimeter long and orange-red in color and are considered one of the top 100 most dangerous invasive species.

EXPERTS AGREE that in Israel the fire ant is spreading primarily through plants in nurseries.

Botanical Garden to continue project to save extinct wildflowers

The project is dedicated to the memory of the late Nehama Rivlin, who contributed greatly over the years to Israeli society and nature conservation.

President Rivlin and the Botanical Garden team at the launch of the campaign to rescue wildflower in honor of the late Nehama Rivlin.

Israeli initiative aims to protect urban wild plants

Ringer sees great importance in preserving urban wild plants, often referred to as “weeds,” or “nuisances,” unwelcome in gardens and public spaces.

Israeli initiative aims to protect urban wild plants, September 2020

Israeli experts struggle with one of the country’s most aggressive pest

The plant has a notorious reputation of being an aggressive invader that does not respond to pesticides and has serious negative effects on the environment, agriculture and human health.

THE MOST COMMON Ambrosia species in Israel is Ambrosia confertiflora, also known as Burr Ragweed, which infests predominantly fertilized areas, that is, roadsides, gardens, agricultural and open areas.

Reflections on my micro-garden and myself

Had my plants contracted the botanical world’s equivalent of COVID?

‘EVERYTHING DIES in my garden except geraniums and…’

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