- Dr. Thomas Heller,
author of the recent illustrated book ' Agaven', regularly visits
the mediterranean coast of France and Italy with his camera.
The area boasts a number of excellent venues for succulent enthusiasts,
apart from many agaves and other succulents having adopted this
area as a new habitat. Thus many fine specimens can be seen by
the roadside and in parks and both private and public gardens.
There are also quite a few nurseries around with a large variety
of plants for sale. On the Italian side of the border the highspot
is the world famous Hanbury Gardens at La Mortola near Ventimiglia
plus the Giardino Esotico Pallanca near Bordighera. The latter
has excellent plants for sale as well as a spectacular setting
for the show plants. On the French side there is another world
famous and spectacular garden called 'Jardin Exotique' in Monaco
with amazing views. There is a smaller but still spectacular
exotic garden at Eze on the road to Nice, which itself has a
large botanical garden boasting an extensive agave collection.
The Hanbury Villa at La Mortola
Ag. antillarum Ag. asperrima
.Ag. atrovirens Ag. asperrima X victoriae reginae( = Ag. nigra )
Ag. attenuata Ag. avellanidens
Ag. bracteosa Ag. bracteosa f. variegata
Ag. cantala Ag cerulata ssp. subcerulata Ag. chiapensis
Ag. havardiana Ag. leopoldii
Ag. decipiens Ag. kerchovei Ag. lophantha blue form
Ag. macroacantha verde Ag. lophatha f. variegata
Ag. margaritae Ag. marmorata
Ag. mitis v. albidior Ag. multifilifera Ag. neomexicana
Ag. neomexicana Ag. ocahui
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Ag. pedunculifera Ag. polianthiflora
Ag. seemanniana Ag. striata
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Ag. subsimplex Ag. ? warelliana ? chiapensis
Ag. weberi Ag. xylonacantha
- All photos on this page are
the property of Dr. Thomas Heller.
- For details of his book 'Agaven'
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2 Mixed agave photos
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4 .Photos from Julia Etter and Martin Kristen
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5 Photos from Gerhard Koehres
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6 Photos from Mountain States
Nursery
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7 Photos from Liguria and
Cote d'Azur from Dr. Thomas Heller
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8 Photos from his garden
near Nice from Gerard Delanoy
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9 Photos from the Hollygate
Cactus Garden/Nursery, UK
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10 Photos from his exotic
garden plus Mexican habitat photos from Paul Spracklin
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11 Habitat photos from Mexico
from Wim Alsemgeest
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12 Photos from Cactus Oasis,
a succulent paradise in eastern Holland
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13 Photos from Kew Gardens,
London
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14 Photos from Phillipe
Faucon
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15 Habitat photos from Greg
Starr.
