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In this third and final blog from Cactus Country I will let the photos do the talking, not that I talk or write much anyway.
An oldie but a goodie “A picture tells a thousand words”
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Cactus Country. Part 2.
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Lets continue our journey around Cactus Country. All I can remember saying was wow! Look at this one, look at that! It was pretty awe-inspiring to see so many different types of cacti. They had a pretty informative guide-book and a find it sheet for kids, but I do have a couple of gripes.
1.There were no identification name tag/plates thingies or whatever you want to call them. So how does a cacti novice like me know what I’m looking at or want to purchase for myself later down the track??? I know it might cost a lot of money and take time to do and maintain but plant names are highly important in my mind.
2. Then when we get to the nursery area its nigh on empty!! What the!! I could have counted on my fingers and toes the amount of different species in the nursery. Consider this, Cactus country has 10 acres of display gardens and their website states ” Australia’s largest Cactus garden with an extensive plant sales area”.
Maybe I was just there at the wrong time, maybe someone had bought all their stock the day before, maybe I just missed out. Maybe I was just feeling deflated that I couldn’t dive straight into a cacti collecting frenzy.
Enough of the self-pity, one thing is for sure. I will be going back to Cactus Country, it really was quite fantastic!
Stay tuned for part 3, the finale!
Cheers!
Cactus Country. Part 1
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Cactus and Succulents are plants that are not really in my sphere of interest, I’ve taken this point of view for nigh on twenty years and I’ve been strong in my dislike for them. I can’t explain what has happened because I don’t know what has happen because now I seem to be softening in my stance towards these plants. So much so that in the last six months I have started to look at them and admire them. I now look at things like World of Succulents on Facebook, Danger Garden and Succulents and More(2 excellent blogs that I read). I also discovered recently a place called Cactus Country which is located in Strathmerton, Victoria about an hour and 50 minutes from us. So we decided a visit was required and this is what we saw!
I’m sorry I don’t have names for any of these, I don’t have the foggiest idea! I know some are Ferocactus, Agaves, Opuntias, Cereus, Saguaro, Trichocereus and Yuccas. But that’s about it. For now I just hope you have enjoyed the photos of these amazing plants in all their varied shapes, colours and spines!
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