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Cambridge Botanic Gardens (glasshouse and outdoor planting)

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Cambridge Botanic Gardens (glasshouse and outdoor planting)

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I visited the Cambridge University Botanic Gardens this past weekend. They have some fantastic specimens in their glasshouses, in both their Arid Worlds (self-explanatory) house and their Continents Apart house (a study of convergent evolution).
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My personal highlights were the welwitchia miribalis and the aloe ferox.
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Of further interest is what they were growing outdoors and how the plants had coped with this winter. For example, they had a large agave americana under shelter which looked completely dead. Several other smaller agaves planted in their rock garden were a mixed bag. The variegated a. americanas were obliterated, for example.

A totally exposed opuntia phaeacantha was living its best life.
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I filmed a video tour of the whole thing and put it up on my YouTube channel those interested in seeing more. Well worth a visit if you get the chance.

https://youtu.be/rAj8hfT-_Mg
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In the greenhouse: ariocarpus, aztekium, copiapoa, lophophora, pelecyphora, strombocactus...
In the outdoor arid bed: hardy agave, aloe, hesperaloe, opuntia, yucca...
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Re: Cambridge Botanic Gardens (glasshouse and outdoor planting)

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Many thanks (tu) , most enjoyable.
Croydon Branch member, growing mainly cacti and Echeverias
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Re: Cambridge Botanic Gardens (glasshouse and outdoor planting)

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juster wrote: ↑Wed Mar 29, 2023 1:06 pm Many thanks (tu) , most enjoyable.
Thnk you, really appreciate that! :grin:
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In the greenhouse: ariocarpus, aztekium, copiapoa, lophophora, pelecyphora, strombocactus...
In the outdoor arid bed: hardy agave, aloe, hesperaloe, opuntia, yucca...
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