Simon says: "Let's meet the crocus (Crocus hyemalis)"
The crocus (Crocus hyemalis)
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Isaiah 35:1 says the desert will "blossom like the crocus"
In a couple of months that verse will be in my mind when I'm leading tours that I'm booking currently, for visitors planning to come & tour across northern Israel, after Rosh Hashanah.
This crocus starts blooming after the first rains, usually October to November. We find it in the Galilee, the Golan & parts of the Sharon plain- growing right out of rocky hillsides with no leaves, just the flower pushing straight up from the ground!
Different species bloom at slightly different times. Some start as early as September at higher elevations, others continue through December . The flowers range from white & lilac to purple, with bright yellow stamens in the centre
The crocus is connected to saffron (Crocus sativus), which is mentioned in Song of Solomon 4:14.
Saffron comes from the dried stigmas of the flower & has been used for thousands of years to flavour food, to dye cloth & as medicine.
The wild crocus species in Israel are not the same plant used for commercial saffron - that's a cultivated species - but they're close relatives .
Worth keeping an eye out on your hikes as the weather starts to cool. They're not everywhere, & you have to time it right, but when you spot one - it's hard to miss.
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