Cactus Blog

Derby Street

Opuntia ficus-indica

And a closeup of the pretty yellow flowers…. (more…)

Mabel Street

It’s a yellow one, and quite prolific, so maybe it’s Anigozanthos Yellow Gem.

Derby Street

Euphorbia myrsinites, also known as the Donkey-tail Spurge or I suppose the Myrtle Spurge. And a cat.

Derby Street

Very nice large Agave medio-picta with a pretty nice Opuntia ficus-indica that probably has lots of fruit every year. And a bonus California fuchsia (Epilobium) in bloom at the bottom of the photo.

Mabel Street

Gorgeous large Aeonium “Schwartzkopf” in summer-dormant mode, with a Crassula ovata and some Echeveria too.

Bonar St.

I see 3 types of Aeoniums and a bunch of smaller Echeverias too.

Parker Street

Curtis St. garden with both cactus and succulents.

Pardee St.
Aeonium subplanum

That’s a big gasteria in the median.

McKinley Ave.

7th Street
Agave potatorum about to bloom.

Carleton St.
Oscularia deltoides

Dawn and Marco let us come see their cactus garden.

Nice!

10th Street
Puya berteroniana – It’s the Turquoise Puya! I wonder why they call it that?

Leucodendron blooming on 4th St.

Hap decides to spend Easter morning in the garden.

An aloe blooms on Hollis St.

In front of the Novartis campus.

Aloe striata – Coral Aloe!

Aloe arborescens on Addison Street with a lovely blooming Kniphofia uvaria (Red Hot Poker) also.

These are in bloom all over Berkeley all winter long and this makes them quite popular.

Agave americana v. marginata – the kinder gentler century plant.

McGee Street

Opuntia ficus-indica and a large Agave americana v. marginata.