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sea liliastrum), white flowers, spread in the surrounding pastures.
In the garden some natural environments are reproduced: peat
bog, moraine, limestone debris,
each with explanatory panels to
reveal those features.
The butterfly garden, in particular,
is a route at the top of the garden
dedicated to these insects that
play a very important role as pollinators of mountain flora.
The period of greatest flowering
is from mid-June to mid-July, depending on the weather. Guided
tours can be booked, otherwise
at the entrance visitors are given a
small brochure with the main features of the garden; each plant is
accompanied by a card that shows
its name.
BOTANICAL FEATURES
The garden contains more than
1,000 species belonging mainly to
the flora of the Alps, and is home
to some rarities such as greater astragalus (Astragalus alopecurus) and the
Pennsylvania cinquefoil (Potentilla pensylvanica).
The botanical garden is located in Valnontey, in the municipality of Cogne, Valle d'Aosta, in the heart of the Gran Paradiso National Park, at 1700 meters above
sea level, an area of about 10,000 square
meters. Founded in 1955 at the behest One of a kind is the collection of lichens
of the Gran Paradiso National Park Board that grow spontaneously on the garden
of Directors in order to enhance its flora, boulders.
it takes its name from Mount Lily (Paradi66 | WE THE ITALIANS
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