Asia’s biggest cactus garden is situated in Sailana, a small town in Madhya Pradesh
With 1200 species of cactus, it woos tourists from across the world
Raja Digvijay Singh made this garden after ordering cactus plants from across the world
It’s not only the flowers, but even the cactus can make beautiful gardens!
Surprised to believe it? Then you should visit Sailana, which is situated 25 km from Ratlam in Madhya Pradesh and 50 km ahead from Banswara in Rajasthan which houses the biggest cactus garden in Asia.
This beautiful garden is one amongst the most unique gardens in the world which houses around 1,200 different species of cactus which stand with pride wooing tourists from across the globe.
The Sailana Cactus garden situated in Madhya Pradesh was built by Raja Digvijay Singh who had fallen in love with cactus plants.
Chasing his passion for his love, he brought cactus plants from across the world and planted them in a wide spread plot situated right behind his palace to make the most distinguished form of cactus garden.
Besides ordering the cactus plants, he also ordered the right quality of mud from those nations to ensure the plant doesn’t die missing its original environ for its growth.
Out of over 1,200 species of cactus, this Cactus Garden has out of which 50 plants which are purely Indian, the garden is situated behind the Sailana Palace and has cacti twice the height of a man in the Garden.
Digvijay Singh was in Germany when found that he was in love with cactus. Eventually, he ordered cactus plants from countries like Chile, US, Mexico etc which were brought to Sailana and hence came a beautiful garden which stands with pride as the biggest cactus garden of the world.
At the Jaswant Niwas Palace, these cacti are twice the height of a man in the Cactus Garden and add more to the stories of Sailana which is a quiet town near Ratlam