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 (: cacti, cactuses, or less commonly, cactus) is a member of the plant family Cactaceae (), a family of the order Caryophyllales comprising about 127 genera with some 1,750 known species. The word ''cactus'' derives, through Latin, ...

. 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 crassulas, the stonecrops or the orpine family, are a diverse Family (biology), family of dicotyledon angiosperms primarily characterized by succulent leaves and a form of phot ...

, although this would better be termed "

xeriscaping Xeriscaping is the process of Garden design, 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 acce ...

''"''. Cacti are

succulent plants In botany, succulent plants, also known as succulents, are plants with parts that are thickened, fleshy, and engorged, usually to retain water in arid climates or soil conditions. The word ''succulent'' comes from the Latin word ''sucus'', meanin ...

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 th ...

s already in the

16th century The 16th century began with the Julian calendar, Julian year 1501 (represented by the Roman numerals MDI) and ended with either the Julian or the Gregorian calendar, Gregorian year 1600 (MDC), depending on the reckoning used (the Gregorian calend ...

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

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. Popularity of these plants constantly grew, which was also facilitated by the biological characteristics of many cactitolerance 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 a form of asexual reproduction occurring in plants in which a new plant grows from a fragment or cutting of the parent plant or specializ ...

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In botanical gardens of many European countries as well as in private

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s, significant collections have been accumulated.

List of cactus gardens

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

Company's Garden The Company's Garden is a large public park situated in Cape Town CBD - the main commercial district of Cape Town. It is the oldest garden in South Africa, and a national heritage site. The garden was originally created in the 1650s by the ...

(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 crea ...

(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 The Majorelle Garden (, , ) is a botanical garden and artist's landscape garden in Marrakesh, Morocco. It was created by the French Orientalist artist Jacques Majorelle over almost forty years, starting in 1923, and features a Cubist villa desi ...

(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)

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List of cactus gardens

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