Nature in Greece | Mountains, lakes, forests, fauna and flora
A glimpse of spring
The first glimpse of spring has yellow colour… The first crocus olivieri wild flowers blossom after the cold months of winter in Zagori, Greece
Crocus olivieri
Crocus olivieri is a fall wild flower in the area of Zagori of the genus Crocus (family Iridaceae).
Blackberries
Greek: βατόμουρα A purply black-coloured berry comprising many individual seed-containing fruits surrounding a cone-shaped core. Wonderfully juicy, they’re good raw (straight from the hedge!) or cooked and are bursting with vitamin C. Wild, they’re often called brambles meaning any impenetrable scrub. Sometimes called the “Cabernet…
