| Vermont Experimental Cold Hardy Cactus Garden | |
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 The cold-resistant cactus Rhipsalis baccifera | |
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| Location | Middlebury, Vermont, US |
| Coordinates | 43°58′39.7″N 73°8′10.0″W / 43.977694°N 73.136111°W |
| Area | 100 square feet (9.3 m2) |
Vermont Experimental Cold Hardy Cactus Garden is a small botanical garden, less than 100 square feet (9.3 m2), specialized in cactus and succulents, in Middlebury, Vermont, United States.[1][2]
Location and access
It is located in a private residence in a bioclimatic zone (USDA zones 4 and 5) in far north in New England. Vermont Experimental Cold Hardy Cactus Garden, Halladay Road, Middlebury, Addison County, Vermont 05753 United States. It is open to the public after a phone call to arrange the visit.
History
The botanical garden arose from a happy idea of the couple formed by Louis and Marilyn Varricchio, who also make acclimatization attempts of cold resistant plants[3] in this bioclimatic zone.
Collections
Her collections include several opuntias, agaves, yuccas, and sedums and some raised cultivation beds with plantations on a miniature hill.
The garden also performs resistance tests of the Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum aka Sequoia gigantea) in Bioclimatic Zones 4-5. Several resistance test seedlings were planted in the year 2000.