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One of the gardens specializing in cactus and succulents most important in Europe. Reveals the evolutionary strategies of succulents.
history
The Garden Costa Llobera 1970 work of architect Joaquim Maria Casamor teacher and specialist gardening succulents, Joan Pañella. The germ was a collection of species in the Canary Islands, Andalusia and other Mediterranean cities nurseries and collection Pallanca from Italy. The 3.16 hectares are traveling to the most exotic planet-desert, desert and tropical, but also in high mountain areas.
In the winter of 1987 he suffered a harsh frost and hardly recovered from the effects of another severe frost in the winter of 1985. A climatic constraints which led to a significant reduction in the number of species. For nearly a week the city recorded temperatures of six degrees below zero steadily. The second frost reduced the variety of plants in almost 40%.

biodiversity
Highlight examples of aloe (Aloe ferox) and crocodile teeth (Aloe brevifolia) South African Cylindropuntia rosea Mexican aïzoàcies African specimens Xanthorrhoea Australian Euphorbia resinifera Moroccan, Brazilian Cereus jamacaru large or as barrel cactus Ferocactus glaucescens the Mexican state of Querétaro, among others. The gardens offer an extensive collection of cacti Echinopsis genre, like Echinopsis santiaguensis, which are native to South America (Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Bolivia, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay). They grow in sandy and gravel and stand by the size and beauty of their flowers. Can submit a form or tree balloons and floral tube have a particularly high. They are remarkable specimens of the genus Echinocactus. Mexican cactus are in the southern United States who have a kind of wool in the upper body. This is where the flowers are born with a very striking coloration ranging from yellow to pink purple. Its name evokes the sea urchins (echinus). The gardens are examples of Astrophytum miryostigma, which owe their name to their star-shaped, from which radiates yellow flowers of great beauty. There is a wide representation of Ferocactus, popularly known as barrel cactus. Come from the deserts of California and Baja California, Arizona, southern Nevada and Mexico. They cactus that take the form of a wineskin adult. The genus Mammillaria is one of the largest with more than 350 recognized species of cactus that grows in the form of tubers. They may have conical, cylindrical, pyramidal or round. They are Mexico, South American and the Caribbean. Among the succulent largest park are adult of more than five meters. These are plants of the genus Euphorbia cactiformes. tropical and subtropical areas of Africa and Madagascar. Presents also the Canary Drago (Dracaena draco), agave (Agave americana) or the prickly pears or figs (Opuntia ficus-indica). The agaves are originating in Mexico. They have adapted perfectly to the Mediterranean climate to be integrated as part of the landscape margins. The prickly pears are Mexico, Peru and Argentina, but grow spontaneously throughout the Mediterranean coast. There is also a wide variety of trees typical of the Mediterranean climate, such as carob (Ceratonia siliqua), olive (Olea europaea), shrubs such as ficus (Ficus sp), bottle trees (Brachychiton populneus) Australian oak (Grevillea robusta) , legs (Bauhinia grandiflora). You can find 12 species of palms such as Phoenix dactylifera, the date palm from the Arecaceae family of Arabia and North Africa and also examples of Phoenix canariensis, Washingtonia robusta and filifera Wasinghtonia, and of course, the the only species of palm native to Europe, palm Chamaerops humilis

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