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Mulberry garden

The Mulberry garden, originally Morušová zahrada in Czech language, is a cottage garden in the Czech Republic, situated in the Czech Central Uplands in the village Režný Újezd, 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) northwest of the town Lovosice. The garden was established in 2014 by local gardeners admiring the English cottage garden style. Apart from different kinds of plants such as perennial plants, annual plants, and bulbs, several uncommon fruit trees are grown, especiały various mulberry varieties. Mulberry garden is located along the green tourist track to Boreč hill in the grounds of former Gentlemen's farm, house no. 2.

There is a little souvenir and refreshments shop in the garden, selling tourist stamps, wander cards, postcards and other souvenirs related to the nearby hill Borec which is a unigue geological and botanical location famous for its vents, micro-exhalations and specific fauna and flora.

Specimen

Apart from fruit trees such as cherry trees, pear trees, almond trees, walnut tree, hazelnut trees, peach trees, and apricot trees, there are the following more rare trees:

Dogwood Cornelian cherry, Morus alba, Morus alba var. nigra, Morus nigra , Morus Nigra - Czech variety Bzenecká, Morus tyrnaviensis - Slovak specimen, cross between Morus rubra and Morus nigra, Morus nigra Persian Dwarf Everbearing, Morus rubra - Japanese Fuji mulberry, Morus macroura - Himalayan mulberry Shahtoot, and several trees of Morus alba pendula - weeping mulberry.

References

Mulberry garden Wikipedia