Cactus garden
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Acactariumorcactuario(from Latin,cactarium) is agardendedicated to the planting ofcacti.While they generally specialize in collecting cacti, they can also include other desert plants such assabla,agavesorCrassulaceae,although this would better be termed "xeriscaping".
Cacti aresucculent plantsnative to the American continent, typical of arid environments. They require dry conditions and therefore, in many countries, the collections are kept in greenhouses that protect from rain. Due to their low need for water, they are a sustainablelandscapingoption.[1]
Cactariums also tend to host plants from other botanical families, native to thedesert regionsof the world.
History
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A cactus garden is a garden for the cultivation and display with many types of cacti.[2][3] Cacti, due to their unusual appearance for Europeans, attracted the attention of the firstEuropean colonizers of Americasand were brought to Europe asornamental plantsalready in the16th century.
The first known collection of cacti was collected in the second half of the 16th century by the pharmacist Morgan inLondon.Popularity of these plants constantly grew, which was also facilitated by the biological characteristics of many cacti – tolerance of infrequent watering[4]and dry air (the latter is essential for room culture), and easyvegetative reproduction.Also, indoor types of cacti (in particularRebutia) can be moved in pots to the garden during summer.[5]Inbotanical gardensof many European countries as well as in privategreenhouses,significant collections have been accumulated.
List of cactus gardens
[edit]- Arizona Cactus Garden(Stanford, United States)
- Cactario Alvaralto(Olmué, Chile)
- Company's Garden(Cape Town, South Africa)
- Desert Garden Conservatory(San Marino, United States)
- Desert City(San Sebastián de los Reyes, Spain)
- Dubuque Arboretum and Botanical Gardens(Dubuque, United States)
- Huntington Desert Garden(Los Angeles, United States)
- Jardin botanique d'Èze(Èze, France)
- Quito Botanical Garden(Quito, Ecuador)
- Desert Botanical Garden(Phoenix, Arizona)
- Ethel M Botanical Cactus Garden(Henderson, Nevada)
- Chirau Mita Botanical Garden(La Puntilla, Argentina)
- Moorten Botanical Garden and Cactarium(Palm Springs, United States)
- Ethnobotanical Garden of Oaxaca(Oaxaca, Mexico)
- Jardin Exotique de Monaco(Monaco)
- Vermont Experimental Cold Hardy Cactus Garden(Middlebury, United States)
- Lanzarote Cactus Garden(Teguise, Spain)
- Majorelle Garden(Marrakesh, Morocco)
- Orman Garden(Cairo, Egypt)
- Kapiʻolani Community College Cactus Garden(Honolulu, Hawaii)
- Palmengarten(Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
- Moir Gardens(Poipu, Hawaii)
- Mossèn Costa i Llobera Gardens(Barcelona, Spain)
- National Cactus and Succulent Botanical Garden and Research Centre(Panchkula, India)
- North Central Oklahoma Cactus Botanical Garden(Covington, United States)
- Sherman Library and Gardens(California, United States)
- Taman Kaktus(Jakarta, Indonesia)
- West Wetlands Park(Yuma, United States)
- Western Colorado Botanical Gardens(Grand Junction, United States)
- Zilker Botanical Garden(Austin, United States)
See also
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- ^"Five tips to build a cactus",La Voz(in Spanish),retrieved2021-01-31
- ^Gilmer, Maureen (July 2013)."Reinventing the Cactus Garden".Cactus and Succulent Journal.85(4): 145–149.doi:10.2985/0007-9367-85.4.145.ISSN0007-9367.
- ^Thornber, J. J. (1906)."THE TOUMEY CACTUS GARDEN".The Plant World.9(12): 273–277.ISSN0096-8307.
- ^"11 Golden Rules For Watering A Cactus".CactusWay.2019-07-13.Retrieved2022-07-15.
- ^(in Russian)По материалам сайта Вестник цветоводаArchived2011-10-20 at theWayback Machine20111020022012Archived2011-10-20 at theWayback Machine
