Shepherd's Cross Bible Garden Podcast
Shepherd's Cross Bible Garden features over 100 plants with Biblical references. The Bible Garden is a self guided tour, featuring plants on placard or on audio podcasts. The Garden is reminiscent of an Old English Country Garden.
Shepherd's Cross Bible Garden Podcast
Chicory
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Chicory
Cichorium intybus
Appearance: Chicory is a bushy wildflower that is common in North America. It has long, thin leaves and blue flowers with many petals.
During the Passover meal, God instructed His people to eat bitter herbs to commemorate the bitterness of slavery. Chicory was a common plant at this time and may have been one of these bitter herbs.
And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.
Exodus 12:8 KJV