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A cactarium or cactuario (from Latin, ''cactarium'') is a

garden A garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the cultivation, display, and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature. The single feature identifying even the wildest wild garden is ''control''. The garden can incorporate bot ...

dedicated to the planting of

cacti A cactus (, or less commonly, cactus) is a member of the plant family Cactaceae, a family comprising about 127 genera with some 1750 known species of the order Caryophyllales. The word ''cactus'' derives, through Latin, from the Ancient Gree ...

. While they generally specialize in collecting cacti, they can also include other desert plants such as sabla, agaves or

Crassulaceae The Crassulaceae (from Latin ''crassus'', thick), also known as the stonecrop family or the orpine family, are a diverse family of dicotyledon flowering plants characterized by succulent leaves and a unique form of photosynthesis, known as Cr ...

, although this would better be termed "

xeriscaping Xeriscaping is the process of landscaping, or gardening, that reduces or eliminates the need for irrigation. It is promoted in regions that do not have accessible, plentiful, or reliable supplies of fresh water and has gained acceptance in other ...

''"''. Cacti are succulent plants native 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 sustainable

landscaping Landscaping refers to any activity that modifies the visible features of an area of land, including the following: # Living elements, such as flora or fauna; or what is commonly called gardening, the art and craft of growing plants with a goal ...

option. Cactariums also tend to host plants from other botanical families, native to the desert regions of the world.

History

A cactus garden is a garden for the cultivation and display with many types of cacti. Cacti, due to their unusual appearance for Europeans, attracted the attention of the first European colonizers of Americas and were brought to Europe as

ornamental plant Ornamental plants or garden plants are plants that are primarily grown for their beauty but also for qualities such as scent or how they shape physical space. Many flowering plants and garden varieties tend to be specially bred cultivars that ...

s already in the

16th century The 16th century begins with the Julian year 1501 ( MDI) and ends with either the Julian or the Gregorian year 1600 ( MDC) (depending on the reckoning used; the Gregorian calendar introduced a lapse of 10 days in October 1582). The 16th centur ...

. The first known collection of cacti was collected in the second half of the 16th century by the pharmacist Morgan in

London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...

. Popularity of these plants constantly grew, which was also facilitated by the biological characteristics of many cacti - tolerance of infrequent watering and dry air (the latter is essential for room culture), and easy

vegetative reproduction Vegetative reproduction (also known as vegetative propagation, vegetative multiplication or cloning) is any form of asexual reproduction occurring in plants in which a new plant grows from a fragment or cutting of the parent plant or spe ...

. Also, indoor types of cacti (in particular

Rebutia ''Rebutia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cactaceae, native to Bolivia and Argentina. They are generally small, colorful cacti, globular in form, which freely produce flowers that are relatively large in relation to the body. They ...

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botanical gardens A botanical garden or botanic gardenThe terms ''botanic'' and ''botanical'' and ''garden'' or ''gardens'' are used more-or-less interchangeably, although the word ''botanic'' is generally reserved for the earlier, more traditional gardens, an ...

of many European countries as well as in private

greenhouse A greenhouse (also called a glasshouse, or, if with sufficient heating, a hothouse) is a structure with walls and roof made chiefly of transparent material, such as glass, in which plants requiring regulated climatic conditions are grown.These ...

s, significant collections have been accumulated.

List of cactus gardens

* Arizona Cactus Garden (Standford, United States) * Cactario Alvaralto (Olmué, Chile) *

Company's Garden The Company's Garden is the oldest garden in South Africa, a park and heritage site located in central Cape Town. The garden was originally created in the 1650s by the region's first European settlers and provided fertile ground to grow fres ...

(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 The Huntington Desert Garden is part of The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California. The Desert Garden is one of the world's largest and oldest collections of cacti, succulents and other desert plants, ...

(Los Angeles, United States) *

Jardin botanique d'Èze The Jardin botanique d'Èze, also called the Jardin exotique d'Èze or simply the Jardin d'Èze, is a botanical garden located on the Place du Général de Gaulle in Èze, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. The garden was creat ...

(Èze, France) * Quito Botanical Garden (Quito, Ecuador) *

Desert Botanical Garden Desert Botanical Garden is a botanical garden located in Papago Park, at 1201 N. Galvin Parkway in Phoenix, central Arizona. Founded by the Arizona Cactus and Native Flora Society in 1937 and established at this site in 1939, the garden now ha ...

(Phoenix, Arizona) * Chirau Mita Botanical Garden (La Puntilla, Argentina) *

Moorten Botanical Garden and Cactarium The Moorten Botanical Garden and Cactarium is a family-owned botanical garden in Palm Springs, California, specializing in cacti and other desert plants. The gardens lie within Riverside County's Coachella Valley, part of the Colorado Desert ec ...

(Palm Springs, United States) * Ethnobotanical Garden of Oaxaca (Oaxaca, Mexico) *

Jardin Exotique de Monaco The Jardin Exotique de Monaco (French for "exotic garden of Monaco") is a botanical garden located on a cliffside in Monaco. History The succulent plants were brought back from Mexico in the late 1860s. By 1895, Augustin Gastaud, who served as ...

(Monaco) *

Vermont Experimental Cold Hardy Cactus Garden Vermont Experimental Cold Hardy Cactus Garden is a small botanical garden, less than , specialized in cactus and succulents, in Middlebury, Vermont, United States. Location and access It is located in a private residence in a bioclimatic zone ( ...

(Middlebury, United States) *

Lanzarote Cactus Garden Lanzarote (, , ) is a Spanish island, the easternmost of the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean. It is located approximately off the north coast of Africa and from the Iberian Peninsula. Covering , Lanzarote is the fourth-largest of th ...

(Teguise, Spain) * Majorelle Garden (Marrakesh, Morocco) *

Orman Garden The Orman Garden is one of the most famous Botanical gardens in Egypt. It is located at Giza, in Cairo. It dates back to 1875 and the reign of Khedive Isma'il Pasha who established the garden on a larger site than it presently occupies as part of ...

(Cairo, Egypt) * Kapiolani Community College Cactus Garden (Honolulu, Hawaii) *

Palmengarten The Palmengarten is one of three botanical gardens in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It is located in the Westend-Süd district. It covers a surface of 22 hectares. It is a major tourist attraction. History Like many public sites in Frankfurt ...

(Frankfurt am Main, Germany) * Moir Gardens (Poipu, Hawaii) *

Mossèn Costa i Llobera Gardens Mossèn Costa i Llobera Gardens is a botanical garden in the center of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It is situated at the foot of Montjuïc facing the sea. The park owes its name to the renowned Mallorcan poet Miquel Costa i Llobera. Despite t ...

(Barcelona, Spain) * National Cactus and Succulent Botanical Garden and Research Centre (Panchkula, India) *

North Central Oklahoma Cactus Botanical Garden North Central Oklahoma Cactus Botanical Garden is a botanical garden located at 308 West Main, Covington, Oklahoma. It includes over 1,500 types of rare and exotic cacti A cactus (, or less commonly, cactus) is a member of the plant family C ...

(Covington, United States) * Sherman Library and Gardens (California, United States) *

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(Jakarta Indonesia *

West Wetlands Park The West Wetlands Park is a public city park at the northwest edge of Yuma, Arizona, it is located along the Colorado River within the Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area. The park opened in December of 2002 on 110 acres of city-owned land. It ...

(Yuma, United States) *

Western Colorado Botanical Gardens The Western Colorado Botanical Gardens and Butterfly House is located at cite on the bank of Colorado River at the southern end of 7th Street in Grand Junction, Colorado, United States. Garden is connected with ''Colorado River Trails system'' vi ...

(Grand Junction, United States) *

Zilker Botanical Garden The Zilker Botanical Garden (31 acres; 125,000 m²) is a botanical garden of varied topography located on the south bank of the Colorado River at 2220 Barton Springs Road, near downtown Austin, Texas, United States. Theme gardens include the Tanig ...

(Austin, United States)

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History

List of cactus gardens

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