The best month to visit the Parco delle Camelie in Locarno, Switzerland, would be April, but we never seem to manage to reach it in time to see the Camellias blooming. Fortunately there are other beautiful acidophilic plants flowering also in May and June.
The Camellia Park in Locarno was inaugurated in 2005 on the occasion of the International Camellia Society World Congress (ICS) and is home to hundreds of varieties of catalogued camellias including about forty different species. No entry fee.
Automatkalla kohti Italiaa pieni Locarnon kaupunki jää vain hieman sivuun moottoritiestä. Se sijaitsee Sveitsin italiankielisessä osassa, kauniin Maggiore-järven rannalla. Kaupungin kameliapuistossa näkisi huhtikuussa satojen ihanien kamelialajikkeiden kukkivan. Myöhemmin voi ihastella esimerkiksi atsaleoita ja hortensioita. Puistoon ei ole pääsymaksua.
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| The red place markers show where these cell phone photos were taken. |
This very handsome tree should be Taxodium distichum:
Ohiajaneen huvijahdin aiheuttamat aallot loiskivat vasten suosypressien runkoja. :)
"To Golf or Not to Golf? What a Silly Question!"
Locarno:
Lago Maggiore:
Thank you very much for your comments! I'll visit your blog as soon as I can.
Suurkiitos kommenteistanne! Tulen vastavierailulle heti kun ehdin.















