Experimental Station for Landscape Plants
The Experimental Station for Landscape Plants, also known as the Kemigawa Arboretum, is a research and plant-breeding arboretum run by the University of Tokyo’s Faculty of Agriculture. It is located at Hata-machi 1051, Hanamigawa-ku, Chiba, Chiba, Japan.
Established in 1965 as the Horticultural Experimental Station, its purpose was to study garden and landscape plants and to develop cultivation and breeding methods. In 1975 it became the Experimental Station of Plants for Landscaping to emphasize the environmental importance of landscape plants, and it received its current name in 1989.
The arboretum covers 47,031 square meters and hosts about 350 species (roughly 500 varieties) of woody plants and flowers. It features large collections of Camellia japonica (130 varieties), Camellia sasanqua (30 varieties), and flowering lotus (about 250 varieties of Nelumbo nucifera and Nelumbo lutea). The site also includes other aquatic plants, various lawn grasses, herbs, a general arboretum, and two greenhouses.
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