Arboretum du Lampy
43°21′36″N 2°10′08″E / 43.36°N 2.169°E The Arboretum du Lampy, also known as the Arboretum du Domaine du Lampy-Neuf, is a private arboretum located in Le Lampy-Neuf, Saissac, Aude, Languedoc-Roussillon, France. It is open daily.
The arboretum was first established in the 19th century as the Canal du Midi administration's experimental site for exotic trees. After forty years of neglect, restoration began in 1995. Older trees include araucarias, Lawson cypresses, sequoiadendrons, thujas, and Virginia tulip trees; these have been augmented with new plantings of cedar of Lebanon, Ginkgo biloba, liquidambar, Negundo maple, etc.
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[edit]- Arboretum du Lampy Archived 2015-05-27 at the Wayback Machine
- Je Decouvre La France description (French)
- Jardins Languedoc description (French)
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