Today we will embark on a fascinating excursion to the Sochi arboretum, which grow more than 1,800 rare and unusual plants, trees and exotic flowers collected from all over the world.
This Park is a green treasure of Russia, as it is located in the subtropics. And it was founded in 1892 by Sergey Khudekov. The Park itself is located on the mountain, and to overcome a rise of numerous guests and tourists to this amazing nature reserve can enjoy a comfortable cable car with which you just 10 minutes you will find yourself on the highest hills of the Park.
From the viewing platforms you will discover many picturesque views of the black sea coast, houses and buildings of the city, the manicured gardens and numerous paths of the arboretum.
All Park guests are welcomed that's such an unusual palm tree. Beside her many photographed, I want to capture such a beautiful memory.
And just a few steps from it will find conifers with lots of cones, seeds and fresh young shoots.
Once in the arboretum, you are transported into another world, a world of peace and silence. You can spend the whole day, time passes so quickly. You're looking at exotic plants, trees, shrubs, enjoy the sun, fresh fragrant air, listen to the birds singing and relax.
Visitors can get acquainted with the plants, so many of them here and all are so amazing and unprecedented that each signs want to stop and learn their name. I was immediately attracted here such a huge sequoiadendron. Never assume that they are so high.
A little further away from him we saw such a great hedgehog, which was made from the gifts of nature: pine cones, acorns, twigs, tree bark, various seeds and moss. And with him created even a kind of fir mini-composition.
But at the next clearing located Magnolia Brooklyn, she is still very young. A few years will pass and it will bloom a gorgeous bright yellow flowers, buds which are very beautiful.
Each flower was making its own unique fragrance, I wanted to stay and be sure to take pictures and smell.
They even liked bees-worker, one of them came for the photo, and hit the shot.
On the territory of the arboretum of the many cafes, stalls with ice cream, Souvenirs, visitors can rest and eat. There is so much to see, be sure to plan your route :)
What trees you'll see here, I have these names have never even heard of before. For example, in the arboretum you can admire jubei palm Chilean wine palm (ivory). To consider the vicinity and such, still quite the baby, which is called cariay Illinois.
Everywhere you can see and wriggling Chinese Wisteria, which in early may covered with beautiful lilac flowers. And this is a wonderful Magnolia.
Wherever you look, everywhere you see something unusual, interesting or surprising. Here's a tree a little distance, called the slingshot. But really it's something like :)
I even decided to get closer to consider. And I'm not one of them interested, some of the Park guests even decided to climb such a strange tree, and look down upon all visitors to the arboretum.
The most interesting thing was to contemplate the surrounding nature but with such open areas, clearings, hills, the view from here is amazing. Sea, sun, exotic trees and plants, birds singing and you in all this splendor - grace!
Every alley, like a magical fairyland, go through it and only had time to turn his head, everywhere rare plants, walk the beautiful peacocks, see unusual results, and understand how many unknown...
For example, the Sabal small, is whether you knew about this?
And here's the mystery, the lovers of rare plants, probably could recognize her.
Well, it's rosemary, there's for a long time do not need to guess. It seems that they are pleasing to the imagination of plants and trees...
The Park is home to about 2,000 pine trees, 75 species, and among them there are larches, oaks, palm trees. And how majestic and beautiful plane trees, bastianich (strawberry trees), different kinds of eucalyptus, cypress, and many, many others.
The arboretum territory itself is huge, the Park covers almost 50 acres of land, and the area around in one day is very difficult. So for the convenience of visitors, there are a La "Golf cart", in which the driver-guides tell interesting stories and answer all your questions.
Look, explore and relax in a wonderful Park.