The Parc botanique de Cornouaille (4 hectares) is a botanical garden located in Kerlever,

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, Finistère, Brittany, France. It is open daily in the warmer months; an admission fee is charged. The garden was established by Jean-Pierre Gueguen in 1981. Today it contains about 3500 plant varieties, with good collections of camellias (550 varieties),

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 ...

s (400), magnolias (85),

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 (80), and hortensias (60). Plantings of interest include ''

Acer trautvetteri ''Acer heldreichii'' is a species of maple in the flowering plant family Sapindaceae. Commonly called Balkan maple, Greek maple, Heldreich's maple, or mountain maple the species is native to the Balkan Peninsula east along the southern and easte ...

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Camellia caudata ''Camellia'' (pronounced or ) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Theaceae. They are found in eastern and southern Asia, from the Himalayas east to Japan and Indonesia. There are more than 220 described species, with some controversy ...

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Cleyera japonica ''Cleyera japonica'' (sakaki) is a flowering evergreen tree native to warm areas of Japan, Taiwan, China, Myanmar, Nepal, and northern India (Min and Bartholomew 2015). It can reach a height of 10 m. The leaves are 6–10 cm long, smooth, ...

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Distylium racemosum ''Distylium racemosum'', the isu tree, is a species of flowering plant in the family Hamamelidaceae. It is native to subtropical eastern Asia; central and southern Japan, the Ryukyu Islands, South Korea ( Jeju Island), southeastern China, Taiwan, ...

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Embothrium coccineum ''Embothrium coccineum'', Chilean firetree or Chilean firebush, commonly known in Chile and Argentina as ''notro'', ''ciruelillo'' and ''fósforo'' is a small evergreen tree in the flowering plant family Proteaceae. It grows in the temperate for ...

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Enkianthus perulatus ''Enkianthus perulatus'' (dodan-tsutsuji) is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae, native to Japan. It is a compact, slow-growing, deciduous shrub eventually growing to tall and wide. Pendent umbels of pure white, bell-shaped flo ...

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Magnolia rostrata ''Magnolia rostrata'', the beaked magnolia, is a species of plant in the family Magnoliaceae. It is found in the Himalayas (Tibet, Yunnan, Myanmar). It is an IUCN Red List endangered species, threatened by habitat loss. Description The tree's l ...

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aquatic garden Water garden or aquatic garden, is a term sometimes used for gardens, or parts of gardens, where any type of water feature is a principal or dominant element. The primary focus is on plants, but they will sometimes also house waterfowl, or or ...

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Parc botanique de Cornouaille

Au Jardin entry (French)

Conservatoire des Jardins et Paysages entry (French)

Cornouaille, Parc botanique de Cornouaille, Parc botanique de {{France-garden-stub

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