Julia Jones's Images

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Side view of the seed capsule of the pomegranate before the fruit starts to swell.

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The dessicated stamens of the pomegranate flower as the fruit begins to form and swell.

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The withered stamens of the pomegranate flower within the star shaped tip of the seed capsule.

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The open flower of the pomegranate blooming on the branch of its tree

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The first sign of the forming of the pomegranate fruit after the flower has withered.

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With the Dikte mountains in the backgroud, a field of purple fumatory and purple gladiolus.

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Fields of purple vetch and gladioli clothe a mountain meadow on the Katharo Plateau in eastern Crete

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This group of wild endemic tulips was photographed in Spring on Crete's Katharo Plateau in the east of the island.

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This wild tulip is endemic to Crete and is one of the most beautiful of the wild tulips.

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The fields in summer are full of gladiolus and poppies.

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Fritillary messanensis found growing in profusion in a mountain meadow in Crete.

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This elegant trefoil Bitumonaria bituminosa is so named because on hot, sunny days it smells of tar.

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This rare mountain shrub can be found in the three main massifs of the island of Crete, Greece.

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This beautiful, rare and endangered endemic flower of the mountains of Crete is known by locals as 'The False One' because of its outstanding beauty. It looks too good to be true.

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The rare flowering bulb appears just as the snow melts and last for just a few days.

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The leaves of this rare and endangered wild herb are used in the production of the drink Martini

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This is the flower of the famous wild herb Dittany of Crete, which has been used for many centuries to heal and soothe.

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The grove of native palm trees at the beach at Vai, Crete.

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The female flowers of the Cretan palm, Phoenix theophrasti on the beach at Vai, Crete, Greece.

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Fragile strands of pollen on the flower of the Goat's Beard

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A close of up the beautiful flower of the Goat's Beard.

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The wonderful male and female flowers of the walnut tree, showing the forming of the nut.

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A beautiful endemic orchid found growing in the east of Crete.

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The endangered Cretan palm, Phoenix theophrasti, growing in the only natural grove of palm trees in Europe.

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English, garden, herbaceous, border, annual,

Mistletoe, pine, fir, berries, Viscum, album, Crete, Greece, Mediterranean

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Olive, trees, daisies, field, meadow, Crete, Greece, Mediterranean, flora, herbs,

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