Another specialist collection in the garden focusses on the flora of the Azores. This archipelago of nine volcanic islands in the North Atlantic Ocean forms a unique ecosystem that includes the macaronesian subtropical laurel forest (laurisilva). Of its many endemic species, a considerable number is cultivated to great success in Ballycommane. These include Picconia azorica, Prunus lusitanica subsp. azorica, Hypericum foliosum, Euphorbia stygiana, Scabiosa nitens and Tolpis azorica, to name but a few.
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