Top 10 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.
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2. Cretan Ebony
Putting out spikes of pink flowers in spring, the Cretan ebony clings to steep, rocky cliffs and mountainsides.
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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.
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4. Yellow Bee Orchid
The yellow bee orchid, bearing flowers that imitate the insects it attracts, blooms profusely on mountain slopes in spring.
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5. Catchfly
The catchfly, with its ragged bright-pink flowers, traps insects on the sap-coated hairs of its sticky stems.
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6. Yellow Horned Poppy
This poppy lends a splash of colour to rocky stretches of the Cretan foreshore.
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7. Giant Reed
The giant calamus reed grows as high as 4 m (13 ft) on the banks of Cretan streams.
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8. Autumn Cyclamen
In October, flowering from apparently barren ground, the autumn cyclamen signals the end of summer.
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9. Spring Crocus
This mauve flower with vivid yellow stamens flowers early in the year.
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10. Evergreen Plane
Endemic to Crete, the tough evergreen plane has evolved to cope with the harsh island environment.
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