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Crete : Trees and Flowers

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1. Wild Olive

The wild olive hangs on in the sheltered gorges of Crete’s rocky slopes where few other trees thrive.
2. Cretan Ebony

Putting out spikes of pink flowers in spring, the Cretan ebony clings to steep, rocky cliffs and mountainsides.
3. Dragon Arum

With its foul-smelling red flower and spike, the dragon arum is a motif in several Minoan frescoes and a reality in shady spots beneath trees.
4. Yellow Bee Orchid

The yellow bee orchid, bearing flowers that imitate the insects it attracts, blooms profusely on mountain slopes in spring.
5. Catchfly

The catchfly, with its ragged bright-pink flowers, traps insects on the sap-coated hairs of its sticky stems.
6. Yellow Horned Poppy

This poppy lends a splash of colour to rocky stretches of the Cretan foreshore.
7. Giant Reed

The giant calamus reed grows as high as 4 m (13 ft) on the banks of Cretan streams.
8. Autumn Cyclamen

In October, flowering from apparently barren ground, the autumn cyclamen signals the end of summer.
9. Spring Crocus

This mauve flower with vivid yellow stamens flowers early in the year.
10. Evergreen Plane

Endemic to Crete, the tough evergreen plane has evolved to cope with the harsh island environment.