Flora in Crete

Crete has about 2000 species of plants and wildflowers and about 160 are indigenous to the island. Early spring is the best time to see the island in flower.

In Eastern Crete you will find crimson poppies on the edge of the beaches, these flower in April to May. Along the coast you will find sea daffodils blooming in August and September.

Away from the beaches you will find junipers, poppies, lupins and oleanders these flower in May through to September. Orchid’s lovers will find a large variety of them on the slopes of the hills and on the Lashiti Plateau

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