Plants

Tuesday, 26 May 2026
21 facts about olives
21 facts about olives
"Where the olive refuses to grow, there the Mediterranean world ends"
It is not known exactly when and where the first olive tree, characteristic of the Mediterranean region, grew. Paleobotanists claim that wild olives g ...

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California poppy
It is a psychoactive plant, but not addictive.
It has been used by indigenous people in California since prehistoric times as a painkiller, sedativ ...
Trees
Trees also include plants that have a trunk that ends in a cluster of leaves.
These include tree ferns, sagebrush, palms, yucca, dracaena, and pandanus.
Poinsettia
It is native to Mexico and Guatemala.
The species is found along the Pacific coast of Mexico and southern Guatemala. It grows in humid are ...
Cabbage
Cabbage is a biennial plant.
It needs two years for its full life cycle, as it develops reproductive organs in the second year. F ...
Parsley
Parsley is used to produce parsley oil, which is used both as a food and cosmetic product.
Pomegranate
Pomegranate flowers and fruits were a common decorative motif in Assyrian, Semitic, and Egyptian civilizations.
Jews decorated the robes of priests or statues with them. The fruit symbolized fidelity to the Pentateuch, and the royal crown of the Jews was modeled after the pomegranate fruit.
Asparagus
Asparagus grows well in all areas of the country, except in the warmest regions, where, due to mild winters, the plants do not go dormant.
In that case, plants become weaker and begin to decline.
Avocado
The avocado belongs to the Lauraceae family.
It is a flowering plant family that includes true laurel – an aromatic evergreen tree.
Broad beans
In Greece, the broad bean had its own god - Kyamites, who watched over the cultivation, and sacrifices were made to him when they prayed for better harvests.
In Greece, broad beans were considered the source of life. Greek athletes ate it before training to ...
Poinsettia
Why is it called Poinsettia?
It is named after the first United States ambassador to Mexico, Joel Roberts Poinsett. He was the fi ...