Temperate and Mediterranean climate greenhouse

The Mediterranean is the least extensive of temperate climes, and yet it is among the most peculiar: winters are mild and wet, summers warm and relatively dry: many species have adapted so as to withstand moderate summer drought. Beyond the coastlands of the Mediterranean basin, the same biome is found in the Cape region, California and Chile, and south-east Australia. Various species emblematic of the Mediterranean can be seen in this greenhouse, such as cork oak, vine, pomegranate, citrus plants and carob tree. 

It is in the cooler temperate zones that vegetation takes on the greatest complexity, as in the deciduous forests where leaves are shed in winter to avoid the adverse effects of low water availability caused by freezing soil. Other interesting and curious exotic species come from various temperate regions of the planet: from Oceania, the cabbage tree and the Tasmanian fern, from Asia, hibiscus plants and the honey tree, and from the American continent, the scented clethra.