The Jardin des Olfacties (5 hectares) is a

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specializing in scented plants. It is located at the Place de l'Église,

Coëx Coëx () is a commune of the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. The organist Joseph Joubert (1878–1963) was born in Coëx. Points of interest * Jardin des Olfacties See also *Communes of the Vendée depart ...

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, and open daily in the warmer months; an admission fee is charged. The garden was founded in 1942 as a public park, one hectare in size, and was transformed in the 1990s to become an ''olfactorium'' with an emphasis on scented plants, taking its current name in 1998. Between 1998 and 2000 the garden was enlarged to its current size, augmented its botanical collections, and became a member of the ''Jardins botaniques de France''. Today the garden contains about 3,000 plant taxa arranged into a dozen thematic gardens. It has particular strengths in

pelargonium ''Pelargonium'' () is a genus of flowering plants that includes about 280 species of perennials, succulents, and shrubs, commonly called geraniums, pelargoniums, or storksbills. '' Geranium'' is also the botanical name and common name of a separ ...

s and

rose A rose is either a woody perennial flowering plant of the genus ''Rosa'' (), in the family Rosaceae (), or the flower it bears. There are over three hundred species and tens of thousands of cultivars. They form a group of plants that can be ...

s, and its national collection of carnations has been recognized by the ''Conservatoire français des collections végétales spécialisées'' (CCVS).

Gallery

File:Ligustrum japonicum (Jardin des olfacties).jpg, Ligustrum japonicum in Jardin des Olfacties garden, Coëx, Vendée, France

References

Jardin des Olfacties

BGCI entry

Conservatoire des Jardins et Paysages entry (French)

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