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These nurseries were founded in the 1960s, by the lawyer Antonino Palermo, a dedicated collector and producer of succulent plants, howea and palms; today, the company is run with the same passion by his daughter Mariolina and her husband Pieter. Cuba nurseries are specialized in cacti and succulent species, grown from seed up to large specimens.
Today, the company owns some 45 acres, scattered with greenhouses and open field crops – there are over 300 species and varieties which benefit from a thorough commitment to research and selection of new species for desert-like environments, as well as suitable for different climates.

To give the age-old specimens the right location, the “Garden of mother plants” has been recently established within the nursery – it covers some 5 acres and offers a wonderful “living catalogue” of products for botany enthusiasts and landscape architects.

There are wonderful specimens of Trichicereus, Pachicereus, Ferocactus, Orocereus, Carnegia, Marshallocereus, Neocardenasia, Myrtillocactus, agaves and euphorbias, Adenium, Kalanchoe, and many exotic tree and shrub species, including Moringa drouhardi, Nolina, Uncarina grandidieri, Sapindus mukorossi, and Ceiba, who have long since adapted to the local Sicilian environment.

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