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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Bauhinia forficata

Details: Shrub or small tree from South America that produce nice big ephemeral flowers that open especially during the night. It is drought resistant and light frost resistant until around -6ºC.

Beaucarnea recurvata

Details: Is a strange tree that produces a thick trunk with a very swollen base, which can measure several meters in diameter. It is native to Mexico, where it lives in dry environments with summer rain, so it resists well drought conditions. It supports up to -7ºC for a few hours.

Bergenia crassifolia

Details: It is a species native to Siberia, Mongolia and nearby regions, very resistant to cold. Blooms at the beggining of spring.

Billbergia nutans

Details: A plant native to southern Brazil and northern Argentina, resistant to drought and temperatures as low as -7º. During the warm season it produces beautiful pink inflorescences.

Bruguiera sexangula

Details: It is a mangrove from Southeast Asia that grows on the front line of the coast and forms roots that emerge from the ground, columns up to one meter high. Like other mangroves, the seed germinates in the fruit and forms a seedling that travels with ocean currents. It is very sensitive to a lack of water and begins to die when it remains for several days at temperatures below around 12 degrees.

Bulbine frutescens

Details: It is a South African succulent plant related to the Aloe. It resists well the lack of water and temperatures down to -7ºC, and blooms especially in spring but also throughout the year if the conditions are suitable.

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