The Arboretum de la Cude (5 hectares) is a private

arboretum An arboretum (plural: arboreta) in a general sense is a botanical collection composed exclusively of trees of a variety of species. Originally mostly created as a section in a larger garden or park for specimens of mostly non-local species, man ...

located about 1 km outside

Mailleroncourt-Charette Mailleroncourt-Charette is a commune in the Haute-Saône department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative ...

, Haute-Saône,

Franche-Comté Franche-Comté (, ; ; Frainc-Comtou: ''Fraintche-Comtè''; frp, Franche-Comtât; also german: Freigrafschaft; es, Franco Condado; all ) is a cultural and historical region of eastern France. It is composed of the modern departments of Doubs, ...

, France. It is open daily; an admission fee is charged. The arboretum was established in 1995 on a site under family ownership since 1880, which had been at various times a fruit orchard and a plantation of '' Pseudotsuga menziesii''. Today it contains about 3,000 trees and bushes representing 450 species from all continents, including a good specimen of '' Chamaecyparis lawsoniana'' (planted 1900), as well as ''

Araucaria ''Araucaria'' (; original pronunciation: .ɾawˈka. ɾja is a genus of evergreen Conifer, coniferous trees in the family Araucariaceae. There are 20 extant taxon, extant species in New Caledonia (where 14 species are endemism, ende ...

'', '' Ceratostigma willmottianum'', × ''Chitalpa tashkentensis'', ''

Choisya ternata ''Choisya ternata'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae, known as Mexican orange blossom or Mexican orange. Description ''Choisya ternata'' is an evergreen shrub, growing up to in height. Its leaves have three leaflets (henc ...

'', ''

Decaisnea fargesii ''Decaisnea fargesii'', the blue sausage fruit, blue bean shrub or dead men's fingers, is a member of the family Lardizabalaceae, and is native to Nepal, Tibet and China. It is a deciduous shrub which grows to 4 m tall and broad, but may achieve ...

'', '' Ginkgo biloba'', ''

Koelreuteria paniculata ''Koelreuteria paniculata'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Sapindaceae, native to eastern Asia (China and Korea). It was introduced in Europe in 1747, and to America in 1763, and has become a popular landscape tree worldwide. Com ...

'', '' Leycesteria formosa'', '' Ptelea trifoliata'', '' Sequoia'', '' Skimmia japonica'', and ''

Zelkova carpinifolia ''Zelkova carpinifolia'', known as Caucasian zelkova, Caucasian elm or just zelkova, is a species of ''Zelkova'', native to the Caucasus, Kaçkar, and Alborz mountains in the extreme southeast of Europe and southwest Asia. It is a medium-size ...

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Arboretum de la Cude

Culture.fr entry (French)
Gardens in Haute-Saône Arboreta in France {{DEFAULTSORT:Cude, Arboretum de la

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