Edinburgh

Royal Botanic Garden

Expansive Botanic Garden

20A Inverleith Row
City of Edinburgh, EH3 5LR

Phone: +44 131 552 7171

Fax: +44 131 248 2901

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Royal Botanic Garden includes cycads (plants from the dinosaur era) and Britain's tallest palm trees. In the rock garden, there are marsh orchids, campanulas and lilies. The Pringle Chinese Collection, an unrivalled assembly of wild-origin Chinese plants, grow in a wild water ravine. Other delights include the Azalea Lawn, the Alpine Collection, and the silver-shimmery winter garden. Founded in the 17th Century, the Royal Botanic Garden started life the size of a tennis court, it now extends to 31 hectares (77 acres).

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