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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.
Episodes
104 episodes
Purple Basil
Purple BasilOcimum basilicum Appearance: Purple basil has egg-shaped leaves that grow in pairs along its stem. It is differentiated from regular basil by the color of its leaves, which are dark purple. Its flo...
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0:33
Pecan
PecanCarya illinoinensis Appearance: The pecan is a deciduous tree that grows up to 130.’ The leaves of the pecan have many leaflets that grow opposite each other on the stem. Pecan nuts grow inside a thick hu...
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0:58
Pea
PeaPisum sativum Appearance: Peas are in the bean family. They have vines with curling tendrils. Their leaves have many leaflets that grow opposite one another on the vine. Peas grow in pods.Beans...
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0:52
Lamb's Ear
Lamb’s EarStachys byzantina Appearance: The Lamb’s Ear is a low-lying plant with thick light green leaves covered in soft hairs. Their flowers bloom in spikes and are white, light pink, or light purple.&...
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0:51
Japanese Maple
Japanese MapleAcer japonicum Appearance: The Japanese maple is a type of maple that grows up to 30’. Its leaves have many points and turn a brilliant red in fall. The red leaves of this maple remin...
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0:56
Hyssop
HyssopHyssopus officinalis Appearance: Hyssop is an upright branching plant in the mint family. It has narrow oblong leaves. The hyssop grows small blue flowers near the tips of its branches. The h...
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0:40
Holly
HollyIlex spp. Appearance: Holly is a bush with hard, light wood. It has dark green leaves with spines around their edges. It has white flowers and red or white berries. Holly is one of the plants ...
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0:39
Gooseberry
GooseberryCastanea spp. Appearance: Gooseberry bushes grow to 10 feet tall. Their branches have sharp spines and their leaves have three or five lobes. Gooseberry flowers are bell-shaped and produce round frui...
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0:57
Elderberry
ElderberrySambacus spp. Appearance: The elderberry shrub or small tree has leaves divided into leaflets. Its flowers are white and grow in a large cluster, followed by blue, red, or black berries. ...
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0:53
Echinacea
EchinaceaEchinacea spp. Appearance: Echinacea plants have long stems and long hairy leaves. Their flowers are large and showy with long white, yellow, pink, or purple petals and an orange or brown center...
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Crocus
CrocusCrocus sativusAppearance: Crocuses have long, thin leaves and tulip-shaped flowers. Some varieties have a bright yellow stigma. Crocuses grow from a bulb. The most expensive spice in the world, s...
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Crape Myrtle # 1
Crape MyrtleLagerstroemia spp. Appearance: The myrtle tree has supple branches and oval leaves. The flowers grow in bunches and are deep purple to pink or white and have a crinkled appearance from which the tr...
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Crape Myrtle # 2
Crape MyrtleLagerstroemia spp. Appearance: The myrtle tree has supple branches and oval leaves. The flowers grow in bunches and are deep purple to pink or white and have a crinkled appearance from which the tr...
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0:55
Corn
CornZea mays Appearance: Corn has a thick stalk and long, broad leaves. Corn cobs are surrounded by these broad leaves and end with a tuft of pale yellow silk. Corn is one of the staple grains of m...
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Coriander
CorianderCoriandrum sativum Appearance: Coriander is a cousin to the carrot. It has a slender stalk with broadly lobed or feathered leaves. Its flowers are small and grow in an umbrella-like cluster. Cilantro,...
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Chicory
ChicoryCichorium 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,...
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0:54
Cherry
CherryPrunus spp. Appearance: Not all species of the genus Prunus are cherries. Species within this genus that are known as cherries may grow as trees or shrubs, having oval leaves. Their blossoms have five pe...
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Cedar #1
CedarAppearance: There are several types of evergreen trees that bear cones or berries known as cedars. The cedars that commonly grow in North America are in the same order as the Biblical cedars, but not the...
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Cedar # 2
CedarAppearance: There are several types of evergreen trees that bear cones or berries known as cedars. The cedars that commonly grow in North America are in the same order as the Biblical cedars, but not the same family o...
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Box
BoxBuxus spp. Common names: Boxwood, Box tree, BoxAppearance: Box plants are slow-growing evergreens with thin to rounded leaves. They have small yellow-green flowers and bear seed-pods containin...
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0:40
Bean
BeanFabaceae (family) Common names: green bean, pea, clover, alfalfa, soyAppearance: Beans are a diverse plant family, often used for human food and fodder for animals. Beans tend to be tal...
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0:43
Barley
BarleyHordeum vulgare Appearance: Barley is a grain with a wider, rounder seed than wheat. Its seeds are either in two or six rows. In Bible times, barley was one of the most common ag...
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Apple
AppleMalus domesticaAppearance: Apple trees grow to 40’ and have a twiggy growth habit. Apple trees have pointed oval leaves and flowers with five petals that start light pink and fade to white. Apple fruits averag...
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