Hortus Botanicus (Dec 2018)

Nanning Golden Camellia Park

  • Tkachenko Kirill

DOI
https://doi.org/10.15393/j4.art.2018.5884
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1

Abstract

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In China, city of Nanning, province of Guangxi (the urban district in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China, the economic, administrative and cultural center of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region) there is a unique center for preservation of “golden camellias”. "Golden Camellias" - are yellow flower camellias. Currently, on the one hand, it is an amazing park of camellias, on the other - the world center for the conservation of the gene pool of these plants. The collection maintains 31 of 46 species of yellow camellias. This park is of interest as the only place where the diversity of varieties and species of the genus Camellia is concentrated, as well as a beautiful landscape park, in which various camellias are represented in the expositions. The best time to visit this park is the beginning of spring, from the end of January to the end of March - during this period different types and varieties of camellias can be seen in bloom.

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