UNMCK
The United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Korea is the only sacred ground of its kind in the world.Nature in the UNMCK
Various plants and animals define 4 seasons of the United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Korea. (The area is approximately 33 acres.)
Flora and Fauna
- Fauna : 12 Ducks are raised. Pheasants and Magpies also live at the UNMCK.
- Flora : A total of 15,650 trees of 66 species and seasonal flowers are planted.
Seasonal Flowers
- Spring : Pansy, Pot Marigold, Dianthus, Primula
- Summer : Verbena, Balsam, Zinnia, Rudbeckia, Petunia, Begonia
- Fall : Salvia, African Marigold, Petunia, Verbena, Begonia
Trees present at the UNMCK are followed
- Aliena
- Apricot tree
- Azalea
- Azaleas
- Bamboo
- Box-leaved holly
- Boxwood
- Camellia
- Camellia
- Chamaecyparis
- Cherry
- Chinese arbor-vitae
- Chinese holly
- Donarium cherry
- Flower siebold’s crab
- Flowering quince
- For willow
- Fortune-palm
- Ginkgo
- Grape myrtle
- Himalaya cedar
- Horse chestnut
- Hudrangea
- Hyun poplar
- Japanese apricot
- Japanese aralia
- Japanese elm
- Japanese privet
- Japanese wisteria
- Japanese yew
- Juniper
- Kaizuka juniper
- Korean box tree
- Korean dogwood
- Laurel tree
- Lily magnolia
- Magnolia
- Maple
- Nandina
- Oriental white oak
- Osmanthus fragrans
- Pagoda tree
- Paulownia
- Peach
- Phyllostachys nigra
- Pine
- Pinus densiflora
- Pinus thunbergii
- Pittosporum tobira
- Platanus
- Plum tree
- Pomegranate
- Privet
- Prunus mume sieb
- Quince trees
- Rigida pine
- Rosa banksiae
- Rose
- Rose-of-Sharon
- Rounded juniper
- Royal azalea
- Sasa
- Shipbuilding juniper
- Siebold crab
- Silk cedar
- Silk tree
- Smile rosebay
- Spindle tree
- Taxus cuspidata
- The silver magnolia
- Tulip tree
- Weigela
- Willow
- Zelkova serrata
Gardening
- Kaizuka Juniper : November to February
- Pine : February to October
- Azalea : July
- Globose Juniper : August
- Spindle Tree : May, September
- Rose-of-Sharon : July to October
- Rose : September (for full blossom on October 24), December
- Mowing : April to October
- Osmanthus Heterophylla : September
Pond I & II
- Pond I : fish, turtles, and ducks
- Pond II : swampy pond with reeds
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