PLANT DATA

Ancanthus hunguricus — nettles

Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together. — Job 30:7

Pro 24:31; Isa 34:13; Hos 9:6; Zeph 2:9;

Summer / Perennials / Zone 5

Prunus dulcis — nuts, almond tree

And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” And I said, “I see a rod of almond .” — Jer 1:11Gen 30:37, 43:11; Num 17:8; Ex 25:33, 37:19 Eccl 12:5;

Spring to Fall / Deciduos Tree / Zone 5

Aloe vera — aloe

And there came also Nicodemus, which at the firstcame to Jesus by night, and rought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight. — John 19:39

I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes , and cinnamon. — Prov 7:17

Num 24:6; Prov 7:17; Song 4:14; John 19:39-40

Prunus mandshurica — apples

Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love. — Song 2:5

I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples; — Song 7:8

Gen 2:9, 17; Song 2:3-5; Joel 1:12; and more

Spring to Fall / Zone 5

Crocus nudiflorus — crocus

The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad, the desert shall rejoice and blossom; like the crocus —Isa 35:1(NRS)

Fall / Perennial, bulb / Zone 4

Horduem distichum — barley

So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest — Ruth 1:22

Ex 9:31-32; 16:31; Ezk 4:9; John 6:9; Ruth 2:14; and more

Laurus nobilis — green bay tree

have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. — Psa 37:35

Spring, Summer / Small tree / Zone 8

Origanum syriacum — hyssop

Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop: — Lev 14:4

Rubus furticosis — thorny shrub, thorns

For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes. — Luke 6:44

Nigella sativa — nutmeg flower, fitches

When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place? — Isa 28:25

For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod. —Isa 28:27

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin , and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. — Mt 23:23

Pinus thunbergii — pine

The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify he place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious. — Isa 60:13

Isa 60:13; Hos 14:8;

Year-Round / Zone 5

Vicia faba — legumes, beans

Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, and parched pulse, — 2 Sam 17:28

2 Sam 17:28; Dan 1:12, 16

Calendula offincinalis — flower(s) of the field(grass), lilies of the field

“And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin, — Mt 6:28 (NASB)

Isa 40:6; 1 Pe 1:24; Jas 1:9-10;

Summer, Fall / Hardy Annual or Perennial / Zone 6

Capparis spinosa — desire

Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets: — Eccl 12:5

Year-Round, in Greenhouse                    Zone 8

Ricinus communis — Jonah’s Gourd

And the LORD God prepared a gourd , and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd. — Jon 4:6

But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered. — Jon 4:7

Summer, Fall / Annual / Zone 9

Typha latifolia — cattails, bulrushes

And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river’s brink. — Ex 2:3

Ex 2:3-5;

Summer / Zone 3

Cedrus libani — cedar

Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants: and unto thee will I give hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt appoint: for thou knowest that there is not among us any that can skill to hew timber like unto the Sidonians. — 1 Ki 5:6

Num 24:6; Jud 9:15; 2 Sam 5:11, 7:2; 1 Ki 4:23; 5; 6:9, 7:2;9:11; 2 Ki 10:27; 14:9; 19:23; and more

Year-Round, in Greenhouse / Zone 6

Anthemis nobilis — lilies of the fields, grass in the field

If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith? — Lk 12:28

Mt 6:28;

Spring, Summer, Fall / Perennials / Zone 5

Cichorium intybus —

And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it. — Ex 12:8

Cicer arietinum — “peas”

2 Sam 17:28; Dan 1:12,16

Buxus sempevirens — “box tree”

I will put the cedar in the wilderness, The acacia and the myrtle and the olive tree ; I will place the juniper in the desert Together with the box tree and the cypress, — Isa 41:19 (NASB)

Isa 60:13; Ezk 27:6; 2 Esd 14:24;

Year-Round / Shrub / Zone 3

Vitis vinifera ‘Purpurea’ — vine, grape

And you shall not glean your vineyard, nor shall you gather every grape of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the poor and the stranger: I am the Lord your God. — Lev 19:10

Gen 9:20-21, 24; 40:9-11, Psa104:5; Mt 26:27-29; 1 Cor 11:25; grape &grapes:41 verses, vine & vines: 69 verses

Summer / Zone 5

Malva sylvestris — mallow

They are exalted a little while, and then are gone; they wither and fade like the mallow; they are cut off like the heads of grain. — Job 24:24 (RSV)

they pick mallow and the leaves of bushes, and to warm themselves the roots of the broom. — Job 30:4 (RSV)

June through September / Perennial, biennial / Zone 5

Avena sativa — corn

Ex 9:32; Isa 28:25; Ezk 4:9

Cydonia oblonga — apples

Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples : for I am sick of love — Song 2:5

Song 2:3,5; 7:8; Prov 25:11 and more

Spring to Fall / Zone 5

Phragmites australis — reed

For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger. — 1 Kin 14:15

 1 Kin 14:15; 2 Kin 18:21; Psa 120:4; Rev 21:15,

Spring to Fall / Zone 4

Ruta graveolens — rue

But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone — Lk 11:42

Coriandrum sativum — coriander

Ex 16:31; Ezk 4:9; John 6:9; Num 11:7

Agrostemma githago — cockle

Let thistles grow insted of wheat, and cockle insted of barley. — Job 31:40

Summer / Annual 

Chrysanthemum segetum — flower(s) of the field, flower of the grass

A voice said, “Shout!” I asked, “What should I shout?”Shout that people are like the grass that dies away. Their beauty fades as quickly as the beauty of flowers in a field —Isa 40:6 (NLT)Isa 40:6;1 Pet 1:24; Jas 1:9-10

Late Summer, Fall / Annual / Zone 5

Papaver rhoas — flowers of the field

The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: — Isa 40:6

For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: — 1 Peter 1:24

 Psa 103:15; Lk 12:28;

Spring, Summer / Annual / Zone 4

Gossypium — cotton

There were white cotton curtains and blue hangings caught up with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and marble pillars, and also couches of gold and silver on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl and precious stones. —Esth 1:6 (RSV)

Spring, Summer, Fall / Annual

Chrysanthemum coronarium — flower(s) of the field, flower of the grass

A voice said, “Shout!” I asked, “What should I shout?”Shout that people are like the grass that dies away. Their beauty fades as quickly as the beauty of flowers in a field —Isa 40:6 (NLT)

Isa 40:6; 1 Pet 1:24; Jas 1:9-10

Late Summer, Fall / Annual / Zone 5

Cucumis sativus — cucumbers

We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick —Num 11:5

Cuminum cyminum — cummin

Isa 28:27; Mt 23:23

Cyclamen bederifolium — lily

I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon — Hos 14:5

Hos 14:5; Ecclic 39:14, 50:8

Late Summer to Early Winter / Zone 6

Cupressus — gopher wood, fir, cypress

Make thee an ark of gopher wood ; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. — Gen 6:14I will put in the wilderness the cedar, the acacia, the myrtle, and the olive; I will set in the desert the cypress, the plane and the pine together — Isa 41:19 (RSV) Isa 60:13; Eccl 24:13, 50:10;

Year-Round 

Phoenix datylifera — palm trees

The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree : he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. — Psa 92:12

Ex 15:27; Neh 8:15; Eze 40:31: John 12:13; Acts 11:19; and more

On display in the Greehouse Year-Round / Zone 9

Anethum graveolens — dill

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin , and have omitted the weightier matters of the law judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. — Mt 23:23

Rosa canina — briars, tares

but if it bears thorns and briars, it is rejected and near to being cursed, whose end is to be burned. — Heb 6:8 (NKJV)

Song 13:14-14; 2 Esd 2:19;

Summer, Fall / Zone 3

Juglans nigra — nuts

And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts , and almonds: — Gen 43:11Song 6:11

Spring, Summer, Fall / Zone 3

Juniperus virginiana — cedar wood

And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet: — Lev 14:52

1 Kin 5:3-6, 9-11; Lev 14:4; and more

Year-Round / Zone 2

Cichorium endivia — bitter herbs

Ex 12:8; Num 9:11

Hedera helix — ivy

And in the day of the king’s birth every month they were brought by bitter constraint to eat of the sacrifices; and when the fast of Bacchus was kept, the Jews were compelled to go in procession to Bacchus, carrying ivy. — 2 Mac 6:7

Year-Round / Zone 4

Quercus robur — oak

And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem — Gen 35:4

2 Sam 18:9-10; 1 Kin 13:14; Ezk 27:6; and more

Zone 3

Eryngium planum — bitter herbs

Ex 12:8; Num 9:11

Trigonella foenum-graecum — leeks

Num 11:5

Ficus carica — fig tree

The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. — Song 2:13

Jud 9:11; 1 Kin 4:25; 2 Kin 18:31; Prov 27:18; 1 Sam 25:18; 1 Chr 12:40; Hos 9:10; Gen 3:7; Amo 8:1-2; and more

Fruit August, Sept / Zone 6

Miscanthus purpurascens — grasses

And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. — Gen 1:11

The word “grass” occurs many times in the Bible. In Genesis 1:11, grass is distinguished from “herbs” while Psalm 72:6 refers to it in the sense of a “mown

Spring to Fall / Perennial / Zone 2

Linum usitatissimum — linen, flax

And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck; — Gen 41:42

But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof. — Jos 2:6 (Linen, 90 verses in KJV)

Flax is the oldest known of textile fibers. towels (John 13:4-5), napkins (John 11:44), undergarments(Isa 3:23; Mk 14:51)

Pisium sativum — pulse, legumes

Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink — Dan 1:12

Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine that they should drink; and gave them  pulse. — Dan 1:16

Allium sativum — garlic

We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick. — Num 11:5

Ferula communis — galbanum

And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum ; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight — Ex 30:34

Summer, Early Fall       Biennial or Perinnial             Zone 4

Arundo donax — reed, rush

And behold a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man’s hand a measuring reed of six cubits long by the cubit and an hand breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed. Eze 40:5

 2 Ki 18:21; Job 8:11, 40:21; Isa 19:6, 35:7, 42:3; Jer 51:32; Ezk 29:6-7, 40:3; Mt 11:7;

Year-Round / Perennials / Zone 3

Echinops ruthenicus — thorns and thistles

Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you, And you shall eat the herb of the field.— Gen 3:18

Gen 3:17; Isa 34:13; Mt 13:7;

Summer, Fall / Zone 5

Salix babylonica ‘Aurea’ — willows

And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days. — Lev 23:40

Eze 17:5; Job 40:22; Psa 137:2; Isa 15:7; 44:3-4; Job 40:22; and more

Spring to Fall / Zone 5(6)

Lawsonia — camphire, henna

My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blooms In the vineyards of En Gedi. — Song 1:14 (NKJV)

Song 4:13;

Summer / Zone 9

Althaea rosea — mallow, white of an egg

They pick mallow and the leaves of bushes, and to warm themselves the roots of the broom.— Job 30:4 (RSV)

 Job 6:6 (RSV), Job 24:24;

Spring, Summer / Zone 3

Silybum marianum — thorns and thistles

Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you, And you shall eat the herb of the field; — Gen 3:18

Gen 3:17-18; 2 Kin 14:9; 2 Chr 25:18; Hos 10:8; Mt 7:16, 13:7; Heb 6:8;

Summer, Fall / Zone 5

Salvia viridis —

And he made the candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work made he the candlestick ; his shaft, and his branch, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, were of the same: — Ex 37:17

And six branches going out of the sides thereof; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof: — Ex 37:18

Spring to Fall / Zone 5

Mentha longifolia — mint

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. — Mt 23:23

Armoracia — bitter herbs

Ex 12:22

Hyacinthus orientalis — lily

I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. — Song 2:1 -2

 1 Kin 7:19, 22; Hos 14:5; Song 2:16, 4:5, 6:2; and more

Spring / Perennial, bulb / Zone 5

Hyssopus officianalis — hyssop

Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop: — Lev 14:4

Salvia judaica — candle stick

And he made the candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work made he the candlestick ; his shaft, and his branch, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, were of the same: — Ex 37:17

And six branches going out of the sides thereof; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof: — Ex 37:18

Spring to Fall / Zone 5

Allium porrum — leeks

We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick. — Num 11:5

Cymbopogan citratus — spikenard, nard

While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof. — Song 1:12

Song 4:13-14; Mk 14:3; John 12:3

Year-Round / Perinnial / Zone 9

Lens esculenta — lentils

Gen 25:29-34; 2 Sam 17:27-29; Sam 23:11; 1 Chr 11:13; Ezk 4:9

Lactuca sativa — lettuce

Psa 104:14

Nigella damascena — nutmeg flower, fitches

For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod. — Isa 28:27

Isa 25:27-28; Mt 23:23;

Lilium candidum — lily

I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily , and cast forth his roots as Lebanon — Hos 14:5

Song 6:2;

Late June to Early July / Zone 6 (5)

Mandragora officinarum — mandrake

And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son’s mandrakes . — Gen 30:14

Gen 30:14-16; Song 7:13;

Winter to Spring / Perennial / Zone 5

Geranuim maculatum — flower(s) of the field

As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. — Psa 103:15

Isa 40:6; 1 Pet 1:24-5; Jas 1:9-10

Spring, Fall / Zone 4

Malva moschata — mallow

They are exalted a little while, and then are gone; they wither and fade like the mallow; they are cut off like the heads of grain. — Job 24:24 (RSV)

they pick mallow and the leaves of bushes, and to warm themselves the roots of the broom. — Job 30:4 (RSV)

June through September / Perennial, biennal / Zone 5

Cucumis melo — melons

We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick —Num 11:5

Brissica nigra — mustard

It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth: — Mk 4:31

And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. — Mt 17:20

Myrtus communis — myrtle

And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive branches, and pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written. — Neh 8:15Lev 23:40-43; Isa 41:19; 55:13; Esth 2:7; Zech 1:8; 1:10-11

Summer, Early Autumn / Evergreen Shrub / Zone 8

Tamarix ramosissima — tamarisk

Then Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there called on the name of the Lord, the Everlasting God. — Gen 21:33

Gen 21:15; 1 Sam 22:6, 31:13; 1 Chr 10:12;

Late June / Zone 2

Nerium oleander — rose

I was exalted like a palm tree in En-gaddi, and as a rose plant in Jericho, as a fair olive tree in a pleasant field, and grew up as a plane tree by the water — Ecclic 24:14

Hearken unto me, ye holy children, and bud forth as a rose growing by the brook of the field: — Ecclic 39:13

Summer / Evergreen Shrub or Tree / Zone 8

Alium cepa — onioins

We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick. — Num 11:52; Sam. 17:28; Dan. 1:12

Papaver orientalis — flowers ot the grass

The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: — Isa 40:6

For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: — 1 Peter 1:24

 Psa 103:15; Lk 12:28

Spring, Summer / Perennial / Zone 5

Cyperus papyrus — papyrus

That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of papyrus upon the waters, [saying], Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth, to a people terrible from their beginning onward, a nation that meteth out and treadeth down, whose land the rivers divide — Isa 18:2 (ASV)

Isa 19:6-7; Job 8:11; Ex 2:3-5;

Summer, Fall / Zone 10

Petroselinium crispum — bitter herbs

Ex 12:8; Num 9:11

Mentha piperita — mint

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. — Mt 23:23

Linum perenne — linen

And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck; — Gen 41:42

But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof. — Jos 2:6 (Linen, 90 verses in KJV)

Flax is the oldest known of textile fibers. towels (John 13:4-5), napkins (John 11:44), undergarments (Isa 3:23; Mk 14:51)

Ranunculus — flower of the field(grass), lily of the field

And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: — Mat 6:28

Isa 40:6; 1 Pt 1:24-5; Jas 1:9-1; and more

Early Summer / Zone 7

Adonis annua — lilies of the field

And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: —Mt 6:28

Summer / Hardy Annual / Zone 3

Narcissus tazetta — rose

I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. — Song 2:1

The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. — Isa 35:1

Summer / Bulbous Perennial / Zone 8

Punica granatum — pomegranate, Rimmon

A golden bell and a pomegranate , a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe round about. — Ex 28:34Ex 28:33, 39;24-26; Num 13:23; Josh 15:32; Deut 8:8; and more

Spring to Fall / Deciduos shrub or tree / Zone 8

Populus alba — willow, poplar

And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods — Ge 30:37

Psa 137:1-3 (NIV); Hos 4:13; and more

Spring to Fall / Zone 5

Centranthus ruber — spikenard

While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof. —Song 1:12 Song 4:13-14; Mk 14:3; John 12:3;

Summer, Fall / Zone 5,6

Cercis canadiensis — Judas Tree

And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself. — Mt 27:5

Spring / Zone 5

Cistus incanus ssp. Creticus — myrrh

Gen 37:25

Summer / Tender Perennial / Zone 8,10

Elaeagnus angustifolia — oil tree, olive tree

Summer / Zone 2

Crocus sativus — saffron

Spikenard and saffron ; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:—Song 4:14

Fall / Perennial, bulb / Zone 4

Pinus sylvestris — cypress

The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious. — Isa 60:13

 Isa 60:13; Hos 14:8

Year-Round / Zone 3

Rumex acetosa — bitter herbs

Ex 12

Mentha spicata — mint

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. — Mt 23:23

Orthinogalum umbellatum — dove’s dung

And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass’s head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver. — 2 Kin 6:25

Spring / Bulbous Perennial / Zone 5

Acorus calamus — cane, calamus

Take the finest spices: of liquid myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet-smelling cinnamon half as much, that is, two hundred and fifty, and of aromatic cane two hundred and fifty — Ex 30:23 (RSV)
1 Ki 10:10; Song 4:14; Ezk 27:19; Isa 43:24; Jer 6:20;

Year-Round / Perennials / Zone 3

Liquidamber styraciflua — storax (tree)

Then Israel said to them: If it must needs be so, do what you will: take of the best fruits of the land in your vessels, and carry down presents to the man, a little balm, and honey, and storax, myrrh, turpentine, and almonds. — Gen 43:11(DRB)

 Ex 30:34; Gen 37:25; Eccl 24:15;

Spring to Fall / Zone 3

Origanum majorana — hyssop

Num 19:6, 18

Platanus occidentalis — plane tree, chestnut tree

The glory of Lebanon shall come to you, the cypress, the plane, and the pine, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious. — Isa 60:13 (RSV)

 Gen 30:37; Eze 31:8; Ecclic 24:14;

Spring to Fall / Zone 5

Tulipa fosteriana — rose, rose of Sharan

I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. — Song 2:1

Early to late Spring / Zone 3

Cyperus alternifolius — papyrus

“Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh? Can the reeds flourish without water? — Job 8:11 (NKJV)

 Ex 2:3, 2:5; Isa 18:2; 19:7; 35:7, 58:5;

Summer / Zone 10

Cytisus x praecox — broom tree, Rithmah

But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he prayed that he might die, and said, “It is enough! Now, Lord, take my life, for I am no better than my fathers!” — 1Ki 19:4 (NKJV)(‘juniper’ of KJV)

 Num 33:18-19; 1 Kin 19:5; Job 30:4; Psa 120:4;

Spring / Zone 5

Citrullus lanatus — melons

We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick —Num 11:5

Triticum aestivum — corn, wheat

And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son’s mandrakes. — Gen 30:14

Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine — Gen 27:28

Morus alba — sycamine, mulberry, silk

And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you. — Lu 17:6

2 Sam 5:23-24; 1 Chr 14:14; Ezk 16:10, 16:13, 1 Mac 6:34; Rev 18:12;

Spring to Fall / Deciduos Tree / Zone 3

Nymphaea odorata — lily

And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch, four cubits. — 1Kin 7:19

 1 Kin 7:22, 26; 2 Chr 3:16, 4:5

Summer / Zone 4

Salix alba — willows

And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days. — Lev 23:40Eze 17:5; Job 40:22; Psa 137:2; Isa 15:7; 44:3-4; Job 40:22; and more

Spring to Fall / Zone 3

Anemone coronaria — lilies of the field, lily, Shushan

“And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin, — Mt 6:28 – (NASB)

Luk 12:28; Neh 1:1; Esth 1:2; and more

Spring, Fall / Zone 5

Artemesia absinthium — wormwood, bushes

The name of the star is called Wormwood ; and a third of the waters became wormwood , and many men died from the waters, because they were made bitter. — Rev 8:11

Deut 29:18; Job 30:4; Prov 5:4; Jer 9:15, 23:15; Lam 3:15, 3:19, Hos 10:4; Amos 5:7, 6:12;

Summer to Autumn / Perennials / Zone 4

Iris pseudacorus — lily

I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon — Hos 14:5

 Exodus 30:23; Song 4:14; Ecclic 39:14; 50:8;

Spring, Summer, Fall / Rhizome / Zone 5

Miscanthus sinensis — grasses

And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. — Gen 1:11

The word “grass” occurs many times in the Bible. In Genesis 1:11, grass is distinguished from “herbs” while Psalm 72:6 refers to it in the sense of a “mown

Spring to Fall / Perennial / Zone 2