Bambouseraie de Prafrance
The Bambouseraie de Prafrance (34 hectares, 84 acres) is a private botanical garden specializing in bamboos, located in Générargues, near Anduze, Gard, Languedoc-Roussillon, France. It is open daily in the warmer months; an admission fee is charged.
The garden contains one of Europe's oldest bamboo collections, established in 1856 by amateur botanist Eugène Mazel (1828-1890), who had made his fortune in the spice trade, and who continued to build the collection until he encountered financial problems in 1890. Although the garden subsequently changed ownership several times, it has continued to be a showcase for bamboos, and today contains around 300 bamboo species and cultivars, as well as other plantings of Asiatic shrubs and trees, Ginkgo biloba, sequoia, Trachycarpus fortunei, a replica of a Laotian village, and some 5 km of water canals.
Bamboo collections[]
- Miniature bamboos (10–15 cm.) - , Pleioblastus fortunei, , Pleioblastus pygmaeus, Pleioblastus viridistriatus, , , , , , and .
- Small bamboos (1–3 meters) - , , , Fargesia murielae, , , , Fargesia nitida, Fargesia robusta, , , , , , , Sasa tsuboiana, Sasa veitchii, and .
- Medium bamboos (3–8 meters) - , , Bambusa multiplex, , , Bambusa ventricosa, , , , Chimonobambusa tumidissinoda, , Hibanobambusa tranquillans, Himalayacalamus asper, Otatea acuminata, , Phyllostachys aurea, , , , Phyllostachys aureosulcata, , , , , Phyllostachys bissetii, Phyllostachys dulcis, , Phyllostachys glauca, Phyllostachys heteroclada, , , Phyllostachys meyeri, Phyllostachys nidularia, Phyllostachys nigra, Phyllostachys nuda, , , , , , Phyllostachys rubromarginata, , , , , Pseudosasa japonica, , , Semiarundinaria fastuosa, , , , Sinobambusa tootsik, , and Thamnocalamus tessellatus.
- Giant bamboos (8–28 meters) - Bambusa arundinacea, Bambusa oldhamii, Bambusa textilis, , Phyllostachys bambusoides, , , , , Phyllostachys edulis "Moso",, , , Phyllostachys pubescens, , , , Phyllostachys vivax, , , , and Phyllostachys viridiglaucescens.
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References[]
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- Bamboo Society description
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