Property News · May 31, 2017

Looking sharp! How the cactus became the planet’s most-wanted plant


You can buy fake ones from designer Abigail Ahern or real ones from Aldi, while cacti appear on everything from £3.50 socks to £30,000 Cartier bracelets. So what’s behind this spike in popularity?Life doesn’t come much more easycare than a cactus. If you want to make a cactus happy, give it sunshine, sand, and – have I forgotten something? Oh, yes, water. Well, don’t worry too much about that, it’ll survive. Humans must be doing a good job of caring for cacti because cacti, and images of cacti, are sprouting in all corners of our culture. They have become the pop-up plant of our desolate age.People seem intent on remaking all their everyday objects in the image of the cactus. Considering a romantic meal at home? Hang the cactus bunting, light a cactus candle, flick the switch on your cactus lamp, set out the cactus plates and cactus glasses and don’t forget the cactus salt and pepper. Depending on how things go, you can show your guest the cactus doormat or your Luxe Hawaii Cactus condoms which, if nothing else, make a welcome change from the ubiquity of the saguaro, although you might spoil the atmosphere if you explain it like that. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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