The Taxateca's Garden is a small private botanical garden which contains an interesting plant collection of hundreds of species. It was founded on May 17th of 2013 and has an extension of 2.000 square meters.
The Plants
Below are sorted alphabetically some species that are mantained alive in the garden. All images have been photographed at the garden.
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Lampranthus multiradiatus
Details: It is a South African succulent plant that in early spring is covered with flowers of a bright fuchsia color. Its growth is mainly focused on the coldest season, but it grows throughout the year if it has water. It is resistant to drought and withstands temperatures down to -7ºC.
Lantana camara
Category: Shrub. Temperature: Frost tender (until -4º). Water: Regularly. Details: Abundand flowers.
Lapidaria margaretae
Details: Strange plant that imitates rocks, frost tender until -4º, watering scarce and only in the warm period.
Lemna gibba
Category: Aquatic plant. Temperature: Light frost resistant. Water: Aquatic plant. Details: Morphologically bizarre flowering plant.
Leucojum vernum
Details: Bulbous plant that grows in mid-winter and blooms before spring arrives. It is adapted to grow in European humid deciduous forests during the leafless months. In warm times it is reduced to an underground bulb. It resists strong frosts.
Lewisia cotyledon
Category: Herbaceous. Temperature: Frost resistant. Water: Not allow to dry. Details: Species from the rare family Montiaceae.
Leonotis nepetifolia
Category: Annual herb. Temperature: Frost tender. Water: Regularly. Details: Nice and rare flowers.
Leucanthemum maximum
Category: Herb. Temperature: Frost resistant. Water: Abundant. Details: Nice and massive flowers.
Leuchtenbergia principis
Details: A bizarre cactus with an appearance that remembers more another family such as Agave or Aloe. It has a extremely developed areoles that have a leaf function. In summer produces big yellow flowers at the tip of these false leaves. It is drought resistant and frost resistant until -8ºC for short periods of time. Habits in northern Mexico, in areas with dry season in winter and rainier summers.
Lithops aucampiae
Details: is a curious South African succulent plant with only a pair of leaves, which have a rock-like coloration that helps it camouflage itself from predators. It only grows once a year, at the beginning of the warm and humid season, and flowers at the beginning of the colder season, then goes dormant to survive the drought.
Lithops lesliei cv albiflora
Details: is a curious South African succulent plant with only a pair of leaves, which have a rock-like coloration that helps it camouflage itself from predators. It only grows once a year, at the beginning of the warm and humid season, and flowers at the beginning of the colder season, then goes dormant to survive the drought.
Lithops villetii
Details: is a curious South African succulent plant with only a pair of leaves, which have a rock-like coloration that helps it camouflage itself from predators. It only grows once a year, at the beginning of the warm and humid season, and flowers at the beginning of the colder season, then goes dormant to survive the drought.
Lophophora williamsii
Details: The peyote is a small spineless cactus that lives half-buried, from which hallucinogenic substances are obtained. In spring it produces short-lived pink flowers and later elongated pink fruits. It is resistant to drought and temperatures of about -12 degrees.
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