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

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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 Greek ...

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

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, 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 Crass ...

, 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 accep ...

''"''. 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'', meani ...

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 o ...

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 i ...

s already in the

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. 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 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 spec ...

. Also, indoor types of cacti (in particular

Rebutia ''Rebutia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family cactus, 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 bod ...

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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 The Arizona Cactus Garden, or, officially, Arizona Garden, also known as the Cactus Garden, is a small botanical garden specializing in cactus and succulents. It is located on the campus of Stanford University (within the Stanford University A ...

(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 The Desert Garden Conservatory is a large botanical greenhouse and part of the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, in San Marino, California. It was constructed in 1985. The Desert Garden Conservatory is adjacent to the ...

(San Marino, United States) * Desert City (San Sebastián de los Reyes, Spain) *

Dubuque Arboretum and Botanical Gardens The Dubuque Arboretum and Botanical Gardens are an arboretum and botanical gardens established in 1980 and located at 3800 Arboretum Drive, Dubuque, Iowa. It is open, without charge, daily (from dawn to dusk) throughout the year. The arboretum ...

(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, c ...

(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 has ...

(Phoenix, Arizona) * 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 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 (Middlebury, United States) * Lanzarote Cactus Garden (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 (Frankfurt am Main), Westend-Süd district. It covers a surface of 22 hectares. It is a major tourist attraction. History Like ma ...

(Frankfurt am Main, Germany) *

Moir Gardens The Moir Gardens (35 acres) are botanical gardens located within the Outrigger Hotels & Resorts, Outrigger Kiahuna Plantation, 2253 Poipu Road, Poipu, Hawaii, Poipu, Kauai, Hawaii. Just to the east is Poipu Beach Park. They are open daily without ...

(Poipu, Hawaii) * Mossèn Costa i Llobera Gardens (Barcelona, Spain) *

National Cactus and Succulent Botanical Garden and Research Centre The National Cactus and Succulent Botanical Garden and Research Centre, known as the Cactus Garden, is a 7 acres (2.8 ha) cactus garden in Sector 5 of Panchkula, Haryana, India , was established in 1987, and is known for its rare and endangere ...

(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 and succulents. See also * List of botanical gardens and arboretums in the ...

(Covington, United States) *

Sherman Library and Gardens The Sherman Library & Gardens are botanical gardens in Corona del Mar, California. The gardens are open to the public every day, closed Thanksigiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year's Day . An admission fee is charged. Today's garden began in 1 ...

(California, United States) * Taman Kaktus (Jakarta Indonesia * West Wetlands Park (Yuma, United States) * Western Colorado Botanical Gardens (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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