Aquatic water lily Victoria Cruziana, member of the nympheaceae family, is backed by a vertical garden at the Villa Taranto Botanical Gardens (Giardin
Aquatic water lily Victoria Cruziana, member of the nympheaceae family, is backed by a vertical garden at the Villa Taranto Botanical Gardens (Giardini Botanici Villa Taranto) in the town of Pallanza on the western shore of Lake Maggiore. Nocturnal and the largest of the water lilies, its leaves can reach a diameter of seven feet; its flowers can be 30-40 centimeters in size. The gardens were established 1931-1940 by Scotsman Neil Boyd McEacharn who bought an existing villa and its neighboring estates, cut down more than 2000 trees, and undertook substantial changes to the landscape, including the addition of major water features employing 8 km of pipes. Today the gardens contain nearly 20,000 plant varieties representing more than 3,000 species, set among 7 km of paths. Among its collections are azalea, cornus, greenhouses of Victoria amazonica, and 300 types of dahlias.
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Location: Villa Taranto Botanical Gardens, Via Vittorio Veneto, Pallanza, Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, It
Photo credit: © Carol Barrington / Alamy / Afripics
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