Tucson's amazing Cactus Farms & Nurseries (HD)
Tucson, Arizona is a great environment for cactus farms and plant nurseries. This is a short video of my three favorites, Mesquite Valley, B & B and Bach's. . Bach's Cactus Nursery also has tons of petrified wood scattered around the ten acre complex as well as beautiful private gardens with giant aloes.
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Tucson Cactus and Succulent Society
Sonoran XI Conference at Hotel Tucson. Free Show, Plant, Pottery and Art Sale including rescued cacti (saguaros, barrels, hedgehogs), Silent Auction, Paid registration fee for Speakers and Workshops. Sales: April 16, 8am to 5:00pm & April 17, 8am to 1:30pm.
Arizona Cacti
This Sunday Morning nature piece takes you among the tall cactus of the Saguaro National Park outside Tucson Arizona.
Honeybee Canyon Mini Cactus Garden Trail Tucson, Arizona | BikeAZ.org
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Mesa Garden - Cactus greenhouse in Belen, New Mexico
International Peace Garden Cacti
This is from the largest cacti and succulent collection in the world.
LittleFarmBigDreams tours The Avocado Nursery in Casa Grande, Az
Avocado Nursery is located in Casa Grande, Arizona just off of Overfield Rd and McCartney Rd. They have been there since the 1980's and the owner Phil gave me a personal tour a few days ago when I told him someone had recommended his nursery and I have begun studying Permaculture. He was delighted to show me around and talk to me about my plans, my property, plants and trees I need, etc. He also gave me a tour of the Permaculture garden in the BACK of the nursery which I don't show in this video just because I didn't have time that day and had to get an appointment. They offer free Permaculture Design classes for people to help design their garden layout on Thursday evenings AND every workshop class they offer they do for free! So check out their Facebook page and if you're local I promise if you take the time to go spend 15 mins walking through the gardens it will turn into 30 mins and you won't be disappointed!
I see myself spending much time here in the near future! I'll be trying to catch their workshop on planting and caring for Bareroot Trees on January 30, 2016!
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Types of Cactus - Oye Nursery
Type 1
Hedgehog Cactus. Thick, upright stems forming a mound.
Echinocereus engelmannii Echinocereus dasyacanthus Opuntia invicta Euphorbia horrida
Type 2 - Barrel Cactus. Single fat stem that is globular or columnar.
Barrel cactus are some of the most eye-catching plants because of the unusual size and shape. They don't look like any other plants in there habitat, with their fat round bodies; and they can become quite large. Barrel cactus take on a globular shape when young, which could be more than 30 years. Then, most will become columnar. It is possible to have a barrel cactus that is two feet wide by seven feet tall.
Echinocactus platyacanthus
Ferocactus pilosus
Ferocactus cylindraeceus
Ferocactus latispinus
Type 3
Cluster of Balls. Small round stems forming a large clump.
This type of cactus has small stems, no more than two inches (6cm) wide, but multiplies forming a large clump just above the soil. Many genera of cacti do this. However, several families are primarily characerized by this behavior. Those would be Lobivia, Rebutia, and Sulcorebutia. Some of the other families that do this (but are not limited to this kind of behavior) are Mammillaria, Echinopsis, Gymnocalycium, and Notocactus.
Flowers: Like hedgehogs, small clumping cacti like Rebutia are prized for their brightly colored flowers. Almost every color in the rainbow is represented. However, most commonly seen are magenta, pink, orange, and red.
Sulcorebutia rauschii Many Heads Magenta Flowers
Pink Flowering Lobivia cardenasiana
Pink flowering rebutia sunrise
Clump forming Gymnocalycium bruchii
Type 4
Columnar Cactus. Thin or thick, upright tall stems branching from the base or sides of main trunk.
Columnar cacti have a very large water storage capacity which drastically affects it's variable weight. The weight can vary as much as three times from dry season to monsoon season.
Columnar cactus Espostoa lanata
Columnar cactus Pilosocereus azureus
Columnar cactus Saguaro
Columnar cactus Stenocereus thurberi
Type 5
Prickly Pear Cactus. Branches have round or cylindrical sections that drop off easily and become rooted.
This group of plants is characterized by a sectional growing habit, in which each section can be round like a pancake or cylindrical like a section of pipe. The newest sections are very loosely attached, fall off easily, move around, and may eventually become rooted into the ground. The older sections at the base of the plant become ridged and act as the supporting trunk.
Common Names: There are many regional common names typically derived from the shape of the plant or ones close encounters. Some are named after animals: Beaver Tale cactus, Teddy Bear Cholla, Buckhorn Cholla, Cow's Tongue, or Owl Face Opuntia. Others are named after other objects such as Peanut Cactus, Prickly Pear, or Thumb Buttons. Still others are named after people or places: Santa Rita Cactus, Mini Rita Cactus, or Indian Fig.
Type 6
surface Cacti. The body is buried under the surface of the soil with only the top exposed.
Blossfeldia liliputana, Ariocarpus, Gymnocalycium, Escobaria, Obregonia, Strombocactus, Pelycyphora. These types of cacti take full advantage of their environment. Most of their bodies burried below the soil surface during drought periods in the desert. They camouflage themselves to look like their surrounding environment. When the rain pass through they soak up the moisture like a sponge. The body expands and rises above the surface and looks very healthy. This is the state most hobbiest keep the plant in.
Gymnocalycium bodenbenderianum Ariocarpus retusus Obregonia Escobaria nellieae
Type 7 - Epiphytic - Rubbery, flexible stems that hang from trees in rain forests.
Epiphyllum, Quiabentia, Rhipsalis
Type 8 - Misc: Cacti that don't fit in the other categories.
Peniocereus, Pereskia, Brasiliensis, Leuchtenbergia, Pterocactus
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Those Captivating Cacti - A Sample
This program is about the exotic world of cacti. We visited some of the largest cactus nurseries in the U.S. to shoot this, along with some beautiful retail nurseries and public parks. You'll learn about the diverse world of cacti, how to select soil for growing them, how to plant them, how to select a pot, watering and temperature requirements, propagation and much more. We have not seen another video about cacti that provides such a good, comprehensive introduction to these fascinating plants. This program was produced with the help of professor Dan Lassanske of California Polytechnic State University and Rob Skillin, a board member of the Cacti and Succulent Society of America and an avid cactus collector and propagator. Learn more about this new DVD at
DIG IT urban gardens and nursery I EP. 2 Veatures
This week's Veature is all about DIG IT urban gardens and nursery located at 3015 N. 16th St, Phx, AZ 85016
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Royal Botanical gardens cactus and succulents Melbourne Australia
The Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne are internationally renowned botanical gardens located near the centre of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, on the south bank of the Yarra River.
Melbourne rates highly in education, entertainment, health care, research and development, tourism and sport, making it the world's most liveable city—for the sixth year in a row in 2016. Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. Melbourne consists of 31 municipalities, the metropolis is located on the large natural bay of Port Phillip and expands into the hinterlands towards the Dandenong and Macedon mountain ranges, Mornington Peninsula and Yarra Valley.
A tour with Steve Brack of Mesa Gardens, Belen, New Mexico by Botanical Explorer Joseph Simcox
Steve Brack introduces the wonderful world of succulents and answers questions about them at his Mesa Gardens rare cactus and succulent nursery in Belen, New Mexico. Joseph Simcox interviews him on a variety of topics ranging from what succulents are to what they offer mankind. Joseph Simcox also asks questions about how desert plants protect themselves from predators and the viewer will discover that aside from being armed and dangerous these plants also are chemical warfare experts.
Stone Creek Nursery | Hesston, KS HD
Stone Creek Nursery is a full service, greenhouse, garden center and gift shop in Hesston,Kansas.
Jericho Nursery opens New Albuquerque New Mexico Plant Nursery Location
is pleased to announce the opening of their new location in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The 6921 Pan American Freeway facility is on the northwest corner of Osuna and the south bound I-25 frontage road; the property can be accessed from the southbound frontage road or westbound Osuna. Jericho moved nursery stock, supplies, tools, seeds, and decorative items from Jackalope locations in Albuquerque and Santa Fe, plus brought in more inventory to fill this 2 acre facility with it's spacious 5,000 square foot showroom. Owner Rick Hobson and gardening expert Jim Sais will be conducing their gardening workshops at this location in February - see our website for dates and times. The existing Alameda location continues to thrive, and Jericho is cross-training and rotating employees between the stores. These are OUR stores - EVERYBODY! Hobson told his employees as they pitched in many extra hours to make this move possible in just a week!
Visit us soon! Spring is just around the corner!
Botanical Gardens in South Africa
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Makana Botanical Gardens
Free State National Botanical Garden
Johannesburg Botanical Garden
Pretoria National Botanical Garden
Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden
Manie van der Schijff Botanical Garden-University of Pretoria
Durban Botanic Gardens
University of KwaZulu-Natal Botanical Garden
KwaZulu-Natal National Botanical Garden
Lowveld National Botanical Garden
North-West University Botanical Garden
Hantam National Botanical Garden
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden
Karoo Desert National Botanical Garden
Harold Porter National Botanical Garden
Garden Route Botanical Garden
Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden
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A botanical garden or botanic garden is a garden dedicated to the collection, cultivation and display of a wide range of plants labelled with their botanical names. It may contain specialist plant collections such as cacti and succulent plants, herb gardens, plants from particular parts of the world, and so on; there may be greenhouses, shadehouses, again with special collections such as tropical plants, alpine plants, or other exotic plants. Visitor services at a botanical garden might include tours, educational displays, art exhibitions, book rooms, open-air theatrical and musical performances, and other entertainment.
Botanical gardens are often run by universities or other scientific research organizations, and often have associated herbaria and research programmes in plant taxonomy or some other aspect of botanical science. In principle, their role is to maintain documented collections of living plants for the purposes of scientific research, conservation, display, and education, although this will depend on the resources available and the special interests pursued at each particular garden.
The origin of modern botanical gardens can be traced to European medieval medicinal gardens known as physic gardens, the first of these being founded during the Italian Renaissance in the 16th century. This early concern with medicinal plants changed in the 17th century to an interest in the new plant imports from explorations outside Europe as botany gradually established its independence from medicine. In the 18th century, systems of nomenclature and classification were devised by botanists working in the herbaria and universities associated with the gardens, these systems often being displayed in the gardens as educational order beds. With the rapid rise of European imperialism in the late 18th century, botanic gardens were established in the tropics, and economic botany became a focus with the hub at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, near London.
Over the years, botanical gardens, as cultural and scientific organisations, have responded to the interests of botany and horticulture. Nowadays, most botanical gardens display a mix of the themes mentioned and more; having a strong connection with the general public, there is the opportunity to provide visitors with information relating to the environmental issues being faced at the start of the 21st century, especially those relating to plant conservation and sustainability.
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The beautiful Lal Bagh Botanical Garden in Bangalore, India
The beautiful Lal Bagh Botanical Garden in Bangalore, India - worth visiting. This is the video of the walkway. The park has some rare species of plants brought from Persia, Afghanistan and France. You can visit the deer park, lawn-clock, lake and the nursery to purchase plants from cacti to crotons to larger trees. Check out the annual flower shows at the glass house.