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"We continue to bet on keeping our parks and gardens in perfect condition, places that invite you to stroll, do sports and enjoy as a family.
Our goal is to ensure that they are perfect and that they are useful, aesthetic and open spaces for all Murcians, optimizing the resources and reducing water consumption "highlighted José GuillénThe Murcia City Council has more than 60 varieties of cactus distributed throughout the municipality.
Specifically, one of the species that citizens can know the most closely are those of the genus 'Mammillaria', which, with more than a dozen different species, and the 'Ferrocactus', which, with their four different species, number almost fifty of large specimens.One of the biggest advantages is its perfect adaptation to areas with water shortages, as is the case of the Region of Murcia, hence the variety called xerojardinería is used above all.Its care and maintenance are carried out by the technicians of the Department of Urban Development through the Parks and Gardens Service.These plants need essential care such as a minimum controlled summer watering - and a drastic reduction in winter during their vegetative stop, in addition to a fertilizer according to soil needs, especially from early spring to autumn.Cacti also have flowers.
Thus, in Murcia some species stand out such as the 'peanut', which has orange and purple flowers, the 'Echinofossulocactus', which are small and spherical cacti, have them pink in color or the 'Lobivias', which have striking red flowers."We continue betting on keeping our parks and gardens in perfect condition, places that invite you to stroll, do sports and enjoy with your family.
Our goal is to ensure that they are perfect and that they are useful, aesthetic and open spaces for all Murcians" he highlighted José Guillén, Deputy Mayor for Urban Development and responsible for the area.This type of plant can be found, mainly, in Murcia in the neighborhood of San Pedro, San Antolín, flower beds of the plane of San Francisco and in the garden of Salitre.
In districts you can see numerous specimens also in Aljucer, Guadalupe, Monteagudo, Sangonera la Seca, El Raal, Algezares or Gea y Truyols."The control and care of green areas is supervised by the Park and Garden Service, taking into account the characteristics of the plants and the environment in which they are located," José Guillén said.
Due to our Mediterranean climate, and above all to the microclimate of Murcia, the design of gardens has to be based on the maintenance and water needs of the plants.For this reason, Murcia has opted for low-maintenance gardens that do not require large water consumption or excessive maintenance costs, which is why an important line of gardening based on efficient use of water has been opened.Most of the species used are autochthonous since they are naturally hydrically efficient and the ones that best adapt to the environment (climatology, soil characteristics ...) and do not create extra maintenance problems that will entail unforeseen expenses.The xerojardinería offers notorious advantages over the traditional gardening:50% savings in water use61% savings in fertilizer spending44% fuel savings22% savings on pesticides and herbicidesXerophytic garden, landscaping with cactiThere are species that due to their low maintenance and good water resource management are, by definition, xerophytes on their own.
These species do not need to belong to their climate to function optimally in their maintenance.
In any area where they are climate compatible they will work economically."The succulent plants, that is, the cacti, do not need to be in their ideal habitat to work in savings mode.
On their own, they acquire all the conditions to be an element to take into account in any xerophytic garden" José Guillén highlighted.That is why they have been installed in areas of difficult access or maintenance, such as roundabouts or roads.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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