The Botanical Garden of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań i

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Adam Mickiewicz University Botanical Garden

The Botanical Garden of Adam Mickiewicz University was founded in 1925. It covers about 22 hectares, and its greenhouses hold about 2,500 plant taxa.

What to see

The collection of succulents and cacti, one of the richest in Poland (about 1,150 species from 228 genera).

The alpine garden, with mountain plants from the temperate zone to the subarctic.

Greenhouses with tropical and subtropical plants, including a Welwitschia, a male specimen more than 35 years old grown from seed, which according to Wikipedia is the only one of its kind flowering in Poland.

Sources (in Polish)

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