Chandigarh boasts of a sprawling rose garden. The upcoming town of Panchkula, adjoining Chandigarh, naturally had to come up with something special and they did it by planting a cactus garden!
Prickly, spiny, weird shaped cacti and succulent plants, 3570 species in all, collected from around the globe thrive in this 8-acre thorny garden. This unique garden is a brainchild of Dr J.S. Sarkaria, a surgeon by profession and is one of the largest of its kind in Asia, which also houses some highly endangered species of cacti and succulent plants. Planted way back in the 1990s it has come of age in recent times.
Cacti and succulent are wonder plants of nature. They are true survivor, adapted to survive in extreme adverse climatic conditions. True, they are not everyone’s garden delight but take a look and judge for your self.
