The Jardin botanique de Gondremer is a private botanical garden with national collections of

rhododendron ''Rhododendron'' (; from Ancient Greek ''rhódon'' "rose" and ''déndron'' "tree") is a very large genus of about 1,024 species of woody plants in the heath family (Ericaceae). They can be either evergreen or deciduous. Most species are nati ...

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azalea Azaleas are flowering shrubs in the genus ''Rhododendron'', particularly the former sections ''Tsutsusi'' (evergreen) and '' Pentanthera'' (deciduous). Azaleas bloom in the spring (April and May in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, and Octob ...

s, kalmia, heathers, and Japanese maples, classified as a '' Jardin Remarquable'' by the French ministry of culture. It is located several kilometers east of Autrey and

Housseras Housseras () is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France. Points of interest *Jardin botanique de Gondremer *Grave of Wolfgang Döblin (mathematician), and his parents Erna and Alfred Döblin (writer) See also ...

, Vosges, Grand Est, France, and open at specific periods suitable for the collections; an admission fee is charged. The garden was begun by Michel and Gisèle Madre in 1974 in a wild and marshy valley, with ponds created for drainage and initial plantings in 1974-1975. Between 1975 and 1990, nearly 2000 plants were introduced, mainly

s, and other '' Ericaceae'', and in 1990 the garden expanded into an adjacent forest area with the addition of a botanical trail about 1 km long. In 1998 its collections of

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s, kalmia, heathers, and Japanese maples were recognized as national collections by the ''Conservatoire Français des Collections Végétales Spécialisées'' (CCVS). Today the garden is divided into a botanical area, in the east, and a naturalistic area in the west. It contains about 4,000 plant taxa including 650

species, 450

hybrids, 500

hybrids, 80 '' Calluna'', 80 '' Erica'', 40 '' Kalmia'', 35 ''

Pieris Pieris may refer to: Organisms * ''Pieris'' (plant), the andromeda or fetterbush, a plant genus in the family Ericaceae * ''Pieris'' (butterfly), the garden whites, a butterfly genus in the family Pieridae * ''Pieris'', a synonym of the genus ...

'', 25 '' Vaccinium'', 20 '' Cassiope'', 20 '' Leucothoe'', 15 '' Andromeda'', 15 '' Phyllodoce'', 10 ''

Ledum ''Ledum'' was a genus in the family Ericaceae, including 8 species of evergreen shrubs native to cool temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere and commonly known as Labrador tea. It is now recognised as a subsection of section R ...

'', and 6 ''

Menziesia ''Menziesia'' was a genus of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae. More recently it has been reclassified within the genus '' Rhododendron''. it was formally transferred in 2011. Species * ''Menziesia ciliicalyx'' (Miq.) Maxim. = '' Rhododend ...

''. It also contains about 160 varieties of maple trees including 130 cultivars of '' Acer japonicum'' and ''

Acer palmatum ''Acer palmatum'', commonly known as Japanese maple, palmate maple, or smooth Japanese maple (Japanese: ''irohamomiji'', , or ''momiji'', (栴), is a species of woody plant native to Japan, Korea, China, eastern Mongolia, and southeast Russi ...

'', 270 types of

conifer Conifers are a group of conifer cone, cone-bearing Spermatophyte, seed plants, a subset of gymnosperms. Scientifically, they make up the phylum, division Pinophyta (), also known as Coniferophyta () or Coniferae. The division contains a single ...

s, and a further 750 varieties of other trees and shrubs, as well as 50 types of vines, and 800 varieties of

herbaceous Herbaceous plants are vascular plants that have no persistent woody stems above ground. This broad category of plants includes many perennials, and nearly all annuals and biennials. Definitions of "herb" and "herbaceous" The fourth edition of t ...

plants.

References

Jardin botanique de Gondremer

Culture.fr entry

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