Our collection is open to visitors to the nursery, we have been collecting for over 30 years and have many large specimens.
Our sales area has a selection of both cacti & other succulents, with interest for everyone. Also included in the sales area are C & S Books and craft items (including stitched Face Washers, Hand Towels, Tea Towels, etc)
We do not have mail order facilities available for plants.
We are predominately a wholesale cactus nursery selling our products to NSW & Queensland nurseries, Bunnings Warehouse & K-mart.
We do have a retail area at the nursery.
A cactus is a member of the plant family Cactaceae. They are often used as ornamental plants, and some are also crop plants. Cacti are unusual and distinctive plants, which are
adapted to extremely arid and/or semi-arid hot environments, as well as tropical environments as epiphytes or hemi-epiphytes.
They show a wide range of anatomical and physiological features which conserve water. Their stems have adapted to become photosynthetic and succulent, while the leaves have become the spines for which cacti are well known.
Cacti come in a wide range of shapes and sizes. The tallest is Pachycereus pringlei, with a maximum recorded height of 19.2 m, and the smallest is Blossfeldia liliputiana, only about 1 cm diameter at maturity. Cactus flowers are large, and like the spines and branches arise from areoles.
All cacti are succulents, but not all succulents are cacti!
Succulents are water-retaining plants adapted to arid climate or soil conditions. Succulent plants store water in their leaves, stems, and also in roots. Geophytes that survive unfavourable periods by dying back to underground storage organs such as tuberous roots, corms, bulbs, and rhizomes, may be regarded as succulents. Some plants are succulent geophytes.
The storage of water often gives succulent plants a more swollen or fleshy appearance than other plants, a characteristic known as succulence. In addition to succulence, succulent plants variously have other water-saving features.
Kims Cactus Books – Available in store during opening hours!
Our store also includes some Cacti arts and crafts including stitched Face Washers, Hand Towels, Tea Towels, etc. Come in to visit and have a browse through our wide range of Cacti accessories!
Hamilton's World of Cacti
Lot 2 Fourth Ave
Llandilo NSW 2747
Australia
Phone: (02) 4777 4876
Email: info@hamiltonscacti.com.au
Monday to Friday: 8.30am to 4.00pm
Saturday: 8.30am to 2.30pm
Closed Sundays & Public Holidays.
Please note that when temperatures reach above 40°C, it is unsafe and we will be closed. Please call prior to your visit on hot days to ensure we are open.
