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The Usedom Botanical Gardens, Mellenthin ( German: Usedoms Botanischer Garten Mellenthin) (60,000 m²) is a private botanical garden located at Chausseeberg 1, Mellenthin, Usedom, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is open daily in the warmer months; an admission fee is charged.
The garden was constructed between 2006—2008 and opened on May 1, 2009. It contains about 50,000 plants representing approximately 1,000 taxa that are winter-hardy on the Baltic Sea island of Usedom. Plants are arranged by botanical classification in 14 garden areas, with labels in Latin, German, and Polish:
- Green Garden - a conifer collection with evergreen ground cover, as well as about 8000 tulips, azalea, ground cover roses, and Erica tetralix.
- Early Flower Gardens - late spring and early summer perennials, hyacinths, chestnut trees, and a hedge of Spiraea x vanhouttei.
- Rose Garden - more than 100 rose varieties.
- Late Flower Garden - herbaceous plants flowering in late summer and autumn.
- Garden on a Slope - three fieldstone terraces displaying both early- and late-blooming perennials, with over 150 Clematis and more than 250 Phlox subulata.
- Lawn - a large pond and creeks, seating and picnic facilities, edged with Syringa vulgaris, Carpinus betulus, and Fagus sylvatica purpurea.
- Woods - natural forest with walking paths.
- Kitchen Garden - fruit trees and bushes including apple ( Malus), pear ( Pyrus), cherry ( Prunus cerasus), and peach ( Prunus persica), as well as a small vineyard with a variety of grapes ( Vitis) and hedges of Lonicera xylosteum and Humulus lupulus.
- Heather Garden - Calluna vulgaris and Erica carnea, as well as 7000 tulips, with hedges of Hippophae rhamnoides and Taxus baccata.
- Herb Garden - about 20 types of culinary herbs.
- Rhododendron garden - More than 700 rhododendrons, with hydrangea and hibiscus.
- Ziersträuchergarten - Bird garden.
- Ponds and water gardens
- Rock garden
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53°55′N 14°01′E / 53.917°N 14.017°E
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The Usedom Botanical Gardens, Mellenthin ( German: Usedoms Botanischer Garten Mellenthin) (60,000 m²) is a private botanical garden located at Chausseeberg 1, Mellenthin, Usedom, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is open daily in the warmer months; an admission fee is charged.
The garden was constructed between 2006—2008 and opened on May 1, 2009. It contains about 50,000 plants representing approximately 1,000 taxa that are winter-hardy on the Baltic Sea island of Usedom. Plants are arranged by botanical classification in 14 garden areas, with labels in Latin, German, and Polish:
- Green Garden - a conifer collection with evergreen ground cover, as well as about 8000 tulips, azalea, ground cover roses, and Erica tetralix.
- Early Flower Gardens - late spring and early summer perennials, hyacinths, chestnut trees, and a hedge of Spiraea x vanhouttei.
- Rose Garden - more than 100 rose varieties.
- Late Flower Garden - herbaceous plants flowering in late summer and autumn.
- Garden on a Slope - three fieldstone terraces displaying both early- and late-blooming perennials, with over 150 Clematis and more than 250 Phlox subulata.
- Lawn - a large pond and creeks, seating and picnic facilities, edged with Syringa vulgaris, Carpinus betulus, and Fagus sylvatica purpurea.
- Woods - natural forest with walking paths.
- Kitchen Garden - fruit trees and bushes including apple ( Malus), pear ( Pyrus), cherry ( Prunus cerasus), and peach ( Prunus persica), as well as a small vineyard with a variety of grapes ( Vitis) and hedges of Lonicera xylosteum and Humulus lupulus.
- Heather Garden - Calluna vulgaris and Erica carnea, as well as 7000 tulips, with hedges of Hippophae rhamnoides and Taxus baccata.
- Herb Garden - about 20 types of culinary herbs.
- Rhododendron garden - More than 700 rhododendrons, with hydrangea and hibiscus.
- Ziersträuchergarten - Bird garden.
- Ponds and water gardens
- Rock garden
See also
References
53°55′N 14°01′E / 53.917°N 14.017°E
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