Blooming Transcarpathia
Narrow-leaved daffodil
Narcissus angustifolius is a perennial herb that is mostly distributed at altitudes of 1000-2000 metres above sea level and grows in the Ukrainian Carpathians - in the Svydovets and Marmarosh massifs.
This typical mountain flower was listed in the Red Book of Ukraine in 1980, and is found only in Transcarpathia and is protected in the Carpathian Biosphere Reserve.
As a result of intensive land development, it has disappeared almost everywhere and has survived only in the Kireshi tract in Khust district and the village of Bushtini in the Tyachiv region, which makes it unique.
This typical mountain flower was listed in the Red Book of Ukraine in 1980, and is found only in Transcarpathia and is protected in the Carpathian Biosphere Reserve.
As a result of intensive land development, it has disappeared almost everywhere and has survived only in the Kireshi tract in Khust district and the village of Bushtini in the Tyachiv region, which makes it unique.
Valley of the daffodils The village of Kireshi in Khust district is the only place in the world where daffodils grow naturally at an altitude of just 180 metres above sea level. It is the most famous place in Ukraine. The 256-hectare protected area covers a flat area in the floodplain of the Khustets River. The Narcissus Valley is a unique botanical site that protects the largest flatland habitat of the narrow-leaved daffodil in Central Europe. The population in this lowland locality was formed in the Glacial period as a result of the daffodil being forced here by a glacier advancing from the mountains. Over time, the glacier retreated, and the narcissus took its place in the highlands again, but some of it has survived from the post-glacial period and is relict in nature.
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Narcissus angustifolius is a perennial bulbous plant 20-40 cm tall. A slender 2-angled peduncle bears a large flower with a long cylindrical tube, a 6-part snow-white corolla and a yellowish crown. At the top of the peduncle, a frequent bract leaf is crossed by a frequent bract. Leaves are linear, very narrow, acicular, bluish-green. The fruit is a box. Blooms in May - June. It grows in wet meadows, sparse oak forests and shrubs in the foothills of the Carpathians. It is very rare.
The flower is very beautiful, delicate, with a delicate aroma. There are many legends, myths and fairy tales about it. One legend says that Narcissus, exhausted from hunting, leaned over a spring to quench his thirst and saw his reflection in the mirror water. Struck by his own beauty, he could not tear himself away from this contemplation. And so he died. And while the Nayadas, his sisters, were preparing Narcissus for his last journey, the body of the beautiful young man disappeared, and in its place grew a delicate, fragrant flower full of sad beauty.
Saffron or crocus
"Saffron" is Latin for Crocus, and is more commonly used in the literature as "crocus". Saffron (crocus) is an ornamental flower of incredible beauty that blooms among snow-covered glades. In the food industry, it is used as an orange colouring agent. In decorative art, it is used as an additive to various paints for writing manuscripts, gold leaf, etc.
As a rule, crocuses bloom every year on 8 March in the Kolochava museum "Old Village" in the Mizhhiria region. And for the next two weeks, this flower turns the entire museum into a valley of crocuses. All around, the whole land is covered in a single purple colour. Every year, tourists from all over Ukraine and abroad come to see this unique natural phenomenon.
"Saffron" is Latin for Crocus, and is more commonly used in the literature as "crocus". Saffron (crocus) is an ornamental flower of incredible beauty that blooms among snow-covered glades. In the food industry, it is used as an orange colouring agent. In decorative art, it is used as an additive to various paints for writing manuscripts, gold leaf, etc.
As a rule, crocuses bloom every year on 8 March in the Kolochava museum "Old Village" in the Mizhhiria region. And for the next two weeks, this flower turns the entire museum into a valley of crocuses. All around, the whole land is covered in a single purple colour. Every year, tourists from all over Ukraine and abroad come to see this unique natural phenomenon.
Sakura
The Japanese ornamental cherry tree - sakura - appeared in Uzhhorod back in 1923, brought from Vienna. Today, this tree can be found in many parts of the city, on Rakoczy and Dovzhenko streets. Most of the trees are planted on the embankment of the Uzh River. The cherry blossom alley adorns Kyivska and Pravoslavna embankments adjacent to Pushkin Square and is the longest garden of Eden in Europe.
According to a local legend, the exotic trees were stolen by locals when the Japanese were on their way to visit Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria. They were carrying sakura trees as a gift and stopped for the night in the city of Mukachevo. The news of the unusual Japanese cherries spread throughout the city, and brave Transcarpathians replaced the sakura saplings with ordinary fruit trees at night.
The Japanese ornamental cherry tree - sakura - appeared in Uzhhorod back in 1923, brought from Vienna. Today, this tree can be found in many parts of the city, on Rakoczy and Dovzhenko streets. Most of the trees are planted on the embankment of the Uzh River. The cherry blossom alley adorns Kyivska and Pravoslavna embankments adjacent to Pushkin Square and is the longest garden of Eden in Europe.
According to a local legend, the exotic trees were stolen by locals when the Japanese were on their way to visit Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria. They were carrying sakura trees as a gift and stopped for the night in the city of Mukachevo. The news of the unusual Japanese cherries spread throughout the city, and brave Transcarpathians replaced the sakura saplings with ordinary fruit trees at night.
Almost 8 thousand sakura trees grow in Mukachevo. In total, the length of the streets with sakura trees in Mukachevo is more than 4 kilometres.
Cherry blossoms last about 2 weeks and accounts for approximately end of April - beginning of Maydepending on weather conditions.Tourism experts have created a map of cherry blossoms in Mukachevo
Tourism experts have created a map of cherry blossoms in Uzhhorod
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