This follows on from my early blog posts from my April visit to Northern Italy. Matthias Brück had invited me to Switzerland to take part in the Perennials for Resilience seminar in Stans and he asked me along on a trip through the Alps to the Piedmont area of NW Italy. Our host, Pius Leutenegger took us on a botanical trip to Lake Maggiore. Giardini Botanici Villa Taranto (the Villa Taranto Botanical Gardens) is the second garden we visited on 3rd April, located on the western shore of the lake. The gardens were established in 1931-1940 by Scotsman Neil Boyd McEacharn and opened to the public in 1952.
Blog post from the first garden visit is here: http://www.edimentals.com/blog/?p=17901
Magnolia salicifolia, also known as willow-leafed magnolia or anise magnolia, originates from Japan
Magnolia salicifolia, also known as willow-leafed magnolia or anise magnolia, originates from Japan.
Primula vulgaris
Staphylea holocarpa
Fallopia japonica
Sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa) with Rhododendron
Alnus glabra var pendula
Sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa)
Musa basjoo (Japanese banana)
Chinese quince (Pseudocydonia sinensis)
Japanese quince (Chaenomeles japonica “Alba”)
Japanese quince (Chaenomeles japonica “Alba”)
Matthias with his beloved and tasty Magnolia buds
Cercis griffithii
Pachysandra terminalis
Magnolia
Prunus tomentosa, Nanking cherry
Lithocarpus edulis (Japanese Stone Oak)
Magnolia
On the right is Matthias Brück, centre is our host Pius Leutenegger