While visiting the Garden of Gethsemane, we discovered four leaf clovers growing in the garden having blood red spots. Inquiring about the unique clover. what we learned was astounding.
It’s believed that during His agony while praying in the garden sweaty blood fell from his brow to the ground, staining the four-leaf clovers growing in the garden.
What’s even more remarkable is the red spotted clovers still grow in the Garden of Gethsemane today, and according to our guides no other place in the world.
Do I believe that blood stained clovers grow only in the Garden of Gethsemane today?
Since posting this information I have received comments that declare these same four leaf clovers with red spots do grow in other parts of the world also.
I found a small patch where I work and transplanted some to my yard about 9 years ago. They are continuing to spread, though slowly.
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Found on side of the road in North Wales , U.K.
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I have it in my yard in Florence, MS. Not very much…just a couple precious tiny patches.
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We found them yesterday while hiking on a nature trail on the south side of Lake martin near breaux bridge, louisiana
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I have some growing in my yard. Memphis TN
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I found some growing in Americus, Georgia U.S.A. today. Spots resemble a heart shape. All i found was 3 leaf will look next time for 4 leaf’s. J. Irwin
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Also i have 3 stems next time i will get some plants
and grow some on my farm to use for gifts. I amgoing to take a picture for my proof.
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My 2 yr old son is battling liver cancer. We pray for him all the time. I found these same clovers growing outside his bedroom window. Jesus came to pray for him.
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I have found these growing in Banks Peninsula, Christchurch New Zealand.
I have a small plant I’m trying to grow taken from my granny’s garden where there is an abundance of these clover plants.
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Im sure that over the centuries theses species of clover have somehow found their way to various places around the globe.
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Found in Huntsville Tx
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Hi, today I just found these all over an entire neighborhood while going door to door in my ministry (I’m one of Jehovah’s Witnesses). I’m in Memphis TN. Was delighted to see them for the first time in my life.
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Happy for your discovery of this beautiful of clover.
Suzy
While touring Israel in 2008 a tour guide told us this species was found only in the Garden of Gethsemane.
Since I first wrote this article I have been alerted to the fact these clover also grow in other parts of the world.
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They’re in my backyard. In El Dorado, Arkansas.
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Since posting this information I have received comments that declare these same four leaf clovers with red spots do grow in other parts of the world also. Therefore I have rewritten the original post.
Thank you for your input.
If you have time please send a photo of the clover growing in your back yard so I can add to the post
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I have found them in two places I’ve visited in Georgia.
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This may be true but our guides while on tour in Israel told this species originated in the Garden of Gethsemane
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Um…it grows in my back yard. I’m in Atlanta.
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Amanda this may be true but I believe the species I am referring to originated in Israel.
This is what we were told when on tour of the Holy Lands in 2008.
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This clover grows near me in California, and searching “red spot clover,” found it, “Medicago arabica (spotted medick, spotted burclover, heart clover) is a flowering plant of the family Fabaceae. It is native to the Mediterranean basin but is found throughout the world.”
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Thanks for the information.
I suppose that after two thousand years the possibility of this species migrating to other parts of the globe is a reasonable fact.
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Thanks Frank, That was informative.
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