Palm Sunday!

[Cindy Adair]

Not every plant gets a special Sunday…

 

[Harry’s Palms]

A very special day for frond lovers! An excuse to spend extra time in the garden . Harry

[happypalms]

And  to think with a palm leaf you have to love history 

[BeyondTheGarden]

Palms are mentioned about 30 times in the Bible.  The Israelites camped under a palm oasis in the wilderness near a place called Elim in the Sinai peninsula, Jericho was the city of palms, King David used them as similes in his poetry, King Solomon his son had them carved into the temple, and also used them in his poetry.  And most importantly, palm branches were laid along with people's clothing at the feet of Jesus as his rode into Jerusalem before his final passover meal and his ultimate fulfillment as the passover Lamb. I love that story, the people were shouting and heralding his entry. The Pharisees said "tell them to be quiet!" Jesus said, if they keep quiet the rocks will shout and announce my arrival!"  I'm glad we still celebrate it to this day. 

I assume these would all have to be Phoenix dactylifera? Are there other species native to that area?  I remember the article about the "methusalah palm" seed that was germinated not too long ago.