NESTING NEWS
Many fledglings of different bird species will soon appear again in the gardens of the Russian Museum. Because of the cold sp [...]
CODRIDAS BLOWERS IN THE GARDEN
Another plant that can be found in ordinary nature, as well as in the gardens of the city of St. Petersburg, is CORYDALIS sol [...]
ORIENTAL HYACINTH
(Hyacinth orientalis) Spring bulbous plant Hyacinth means “flower of rain” in Greek. There is a well-known legend about a you [...]
THE EUROPEAN KANDYK IS BLOWING IN THE GARDEN
In the Mikhailovsky Garden you can find - EUROPEAN KANDYK (Erythrónium dens-cánis) Spring bulbous plant. The name comes from [...]
PRIMULA IN “FLORICO”
We are pleased to announce that this month one of the most popular magazines, FLORICULTURE, published an article about our ev [...]
NATURE IN SPACE
In 1980, tulips were sent aboard the Salyut 6 space station. Scientists assumed that flowers would bloom in space. Unfortunat [...]
ALLEY OF OLD LINES
There are a lot of 300-year-old linden trees in the Summer Garden, and it is on them that you can find bizarre growths - burl [...]
THE BIRCH BLOOMED
BIRCH (genus Betula, birch family) grows everywhere here. There are several species of the genus Betula, including downy birc [...]
320 YEARS SINCE THE FIRST MENTION OF THE SUMMER GARDEN
On April 5 (March 25, old style), 1704, the first mention of the Summer Garden of St. Petersburg occurred. “As soon as you re [...]