Dietes bicolor

Development of new ornamentals, plant
conservation and research in Israel
Ori Fragman-Sapir
Cyclamen
persicum
cultivars
Cyclamen persicum
wild types
Climatic and Phyto-Geographic Regions of Israel and its neighbours
Average annual rainfalls range between 900m and 30mm. The flora is rich due
.to its location along a climatic gradient and a continental junction
Mediterranean
400mm
Jerusalem
200mm
Transition Zone
Mediterranean
70mm
Semidesert
Saharo-Arabian (Irano-Turanian)
Irano-Turanian
Extreme Desert
Saharo-Arabian (Sudanian)
Saharo-Arabian
Israel
W Middle East (Y. Ben-Zur,1984,after M. Zohary)
Nature Reserves
In Israel :
sporadic and
preiferal
Flora of Israel in Numbers
• Native : ~ 2400 species
• Endemic and sub-endemic : 285 species
• Endangered : 413 species (200 at the JBG)
• Protected species 257 species
Oak Collection, over 60 species
Quercus ithaburensis and Q. alnifolia
Oak Collection, over 60 species
Quercus alnifolia
Quercus pedunculiflora
Quercus look
More than half of the flora is annual
Lupinus pilosus, gardens-parks-cut flower
Silene palaestina, gardens-parks
Centaurea cyanoides
With simple manipulations one can get 6 months blooming
Valerianella kotschyi
Endangered but not attractive
What is the primary habitat ? Is there one ?
Agrostemma gracilis
Agrostemma githago
Research
Establishment of annual plant communities
.(Ben-Hur, Kadmon, & Fragman-Sapir, 2010)
Anemone coronaria
Anemone - a good investment in your garden
Urginea maritima
•Protected
•Waterwise
• A good investment
in the garden.
Allium basalticum
Allium
nigrum
complex
Allium meronense
.Allium nigrum s. str
’Allium basalticum was cultivated and named Allium ‘Silverspring
Wieste Mallema
’Allium basalticum was cultivated and named Allium ‘Silverspring
Wieste Mallema
Allium basalticum X Allium nigrum
Wieste Mallema
Oncocylcus irises
symbol for nature conservation
Iris bismarckiana
Iris atropurpurea
Iris haynei
Oncocyclus irises
in Israel, the Palestinian
Territories and Jordan
Nikos Yannakopoulos
Iris ‘Mor’
Iris atrofusca
Cultivation of Oncocyclus Irises
Sternbergia clusiana at the Jerusalem Botanical Gardens
Dianthus libanotis
Dianthus libanotis
Campanula peregrina
Salvia bracteata
Rescue of extinct species
Salvia bracteata
Plating new populations with youth groups
About 100 volunteers roam in the garden
Collaborations, foreign scholars
Collaboration, a small fig in the desert
Ficus palmata
Ficus palmata
Joint plant collection
http://jbg.gardenexplorer.org/
http://en.botanic.co.il/
Thank you
Michauxia campanulata