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    Use of Wild Plants in Floriculture   
      
      September 29, 2022   
      
      
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      Photographer:  Menashe Davidson   
      Summary Author:  Menashe Davidson   
      
      Over recent years, the  floriculture trade, in particular cut   
      flowers and potted ornamentals, has been on the rise, driven by the   
      growing interest of society in environmental and well-being benefits.   
      Consequently, it’s in the best interest of floriculturists to tap   
      upcoming trends related to new ornamental plants. Wild plants are a   
      category of potential candidates that could be used as ornamentals. The   
      term “wild” when applied to plant species refers to plants that grow   
      spontaneously in self-maintaining populations, in a natural or   
      semi-natural ecosystem, that can exist independent of any direct human   
      action.   
      
      The  common globe thistle, Echinops adenocaulos, is a prickly   
      wildflower in the Asteraceae family that thrives almost everywhere in   
      Israel (top photo). The plant's Hebrew name is 'kipodan', meaning   
      "hedgehog", because the spherical inflorescence of the flowers   
      resembles a hedgehog. Seeing the thistle's cheerful bloom of impressive   
      purple flower during Israel’s mid-summer, gave me the idea that this   
      plant is a potential candidate to be used as an ornamental in my home   
      garden. In addition, after the flower's petals fade, the fruits and   
      seeds of the small globe thistle plant are eye-catching in their own   
      right.   
      
      Last year, I collected a bundle of many single fruits called   
      " achenes" that I inserted on an  apical plate that were then   
      sown in containers in my home garden during mid-winter. The top photo   
      (taken on June 22) and the bottom photo (taken on July 29) demonstrate   
      my success in the domestication of a wild plant without any modifying   
      human labor to meet its specific needs.   
      
      
      Rishon Le Zion, Israel Coordinates: 31.9730, 34.7925   
      
      
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        *  USDA Plants Database   
        *  University of Texas Native Plant Database   
        *  Plants in Motion   
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