Camellias are another of the park’s winter decorations that we should seek out. We can find them not far from Villa Angiolina in an enclosed area that highlights their diversity. Although the camellias are mostly still dormant, their flower buds are swollen, waiting for the weather to become a bit warmer…
Dendroflora of the Liburnian coast – bamboos
The mild climate of the Liburnian coast, sheltered by the Učka and Ćićarija mountain ranges, together with the coast’s red soil and brown forest soils …
The ponds of Dubašnica
Dubašnica, in the hinterland of Malinska on Krk Island, is a woodland area. Some of the traditions of its interesting rural and pastoral past have been preserved to the present day. Among these are eight ponds…
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Photo 1. The cotton thistle (in Croatian: magareći trn /donkey thistle/, bijela sikavica, bodljača or kravačac) is one of the many species of prickly plants …
World wetlands day
Photo 1. Mistraž Pond (Photo by M. Randić) Small wetlands in towns and cities – the case of Rijeka Urban ecology, together with the conservation …
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Photo 1. The dark patina is in stark contrast to the white limestone of the outward leaning part of the Leaning Tower, the bell-tower of …
The almond tree – a neglected yet vital coastal fruit tree
January-February 2015/Krk Island – Kvarner Bay THE ALMOND TREE – A NEGLECTED YET VITAL COASTAL FRUIT TREE The almond tree blossoms in late winter. When …