Jeli Arboretum
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N 47° 04.338 E 016° 53.867
33T E 644083 N 5214946
The Jeli arboretum located in the fields of Kám in Western Transdanubia region. Covering 74 hectares, this is the largest arboretum in Hungary. It is most astounding during the blossom of the rhododendrons in May and June.
Waymark Code: WM4J6A
Location: Hungary
Date Posted: 08/29/2008
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member J.A.R.S.
Views: 49

The Jeli arboretum located in the fields of Kám was established and created by Ambrózy Migazzi István. Earlier on his estate in Malonya in Felvidék had already created an arboretum, which became foreign land after the Treaty of Trianon. He bought a five hundred hectare area in the fields of Kám called Jeli, which was a part of a plateau of theVas-Zala mountain ridge covered with birch, juniper. This is one of the few arboretums, which were not created at an inhabited village or in its fields. There is a deep valley of a stream stretching in the area, of which original alder-beech associations, genista marsh meadows, heathers were valuable in themselves.

The favourite plants of the fanatic Ambrózy with a lot of professional knowledge, were the evergreen conifers and broad-leaveds. He was convinced that those plants could be planted anywhere with due care creating pretty valuable associations, therefore he started making the arboretum with these species, planting each taxon in little groups, which can still be observed.

The founder of the arboretum, besides exotic plants, also collected bulbs from the neighbourhood, so masses of daffodils, saffron, snow crocus live and bloom in the area.

Still, the most popular plants of the Jeli arboretum are rhododendrons – rhododendrons. At present about 300 variations of them is a stunning colourful sight with an amazing riot of scents during flowering (May, June).

The death of the founder – in the 1930s – and the war had a devastating effect on the park: it became weedy, trees were fallen. The Erdészet Rt took over the arboretum in the 1950s and started reviving it. Its territory was expanded, separate areas were allocated for pines, rhododendrons and a zone of landscapes were created, where the characteristic species of pine trees of each continent from Asia to North-America are presented – also aiming at naturalizing them.

Such rare species like the cherry laurel, dawn redwood, giant redcedar, Japanese cedar, Caucasian fir, birches by the dozen, species of cotoneasters etc. (source: FÖEK)

Open:
01.04. - 30.04., Saturday, Sunday: 8am. - 5pm.
01.05. - 30.06., Monday to Sunday: 8am. - 5pm.
01.07. - 30.09., Saturday, Sunday: 8am. - 5pm.

Contact: Vasvári Forestry Plc., Hunting Tours Office (Vasvári Erdészeti Rt. Vadászatszervezo Iroda)
Phone: +36/94/329-977
Fax: +36/94/572-069
E-mail: szombathely.erdo@mail.datanet.hu


A Kám határában található híres Jeli arborétum neve a kezdetektol összefonódott megálmodójának, alapítójának és kialakítójának, Ambrózy Migazzi Istvánnak a nevével. Ambrózy ezt megelozoen felvidéki birtokán, Malonyán már létrehozott egy arborétumot, ami a trianoni döntés miatt külföldre került. Ezt követoen, az 1920-as években keresett helyet egy új arborétum számára. Kám mellett, a falu Jeli nevu dulojében vásárolt ötszáz hektáros területet, amely a Vas-Zalai hegyhát egyik nyíres-borókás fennsíkrészlete volt (már csak ezért is egyedülálló a park, hiszen azon kevés arborétumok közé tartozik, amelyeket nem egy lakott településen vagy annak határában létesítettek). A területen mély patakvölgy húzódik, amelynek eredeti égeres-bükkös társulásai, rekettyés láprétjei, csarabosai is értékesek voltak.

A nagy szakmai tudással rendelkezo megszállott legkedvesebb növényei az örökzöld lomb- és tuleveluek voltak (meggyozodése volt, hogy megfelelo gondoskodással azok bárhol megtelepíthetok és esztétikus értékes társulások alakíthatók ki belolük), ezért itt is ezekkel a fajokkal kezdte az arborétum kialakítását, mégpedig oly módon, hogy az egyes taxonokat kis csoportokba, e bokrokba" telepítette – ma is így láthatók.

A kert alapítója az exótákon túl a környék hagymás növényeit is átmentette az arborétum területére, így a mai napig nárcisz-, kikerics-, és sáfrányfajok sokasága él és virít a területen.

A Jeli arborétum legközkedveltebb növényei mégis a havasszépék – a rododendronok. Jelenleg ezek több mint 300 változata, virágzás idején (május, június hónapokban) döbbenetesen szép színkavalkáddal, lenyugözo illatorgiával várja a több tízezer idelátogatót.

Arboretum address:
outskirts
Kám, Hungary
9841


Arboretum web site: [Web Link]

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