Surprisingly mild, warm and humid climate of Abkhazia is favorable for growing unique subtropical samples of flora there. The collection of those has been gathered in the Subtropical Arboretum of Sukhum. It includes the rare representatives of Colchis flora as well as shrubs from all continents of the world. The arboretum was founded in the end of the 19 th century by N. Smetsky, the great fan of nature; there is his monument in the heart of the park. There plants from all over the globe, more than 850 kinds of them, are collected. The biggest attraction is the alley of South American elephant palm trees (once unique in the USSR).
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