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Green Spaghetti Plant

Posted February 11, 2018 10:19 am & filed under .

Cynanchum insigne

Common Name: Green Spaghetti Plant
Origin: Madagascar

Pendant “stick” plant, minimal leaves. Striped flowers.
No Frost
Part Shade
Low Water

Cactus Jungle, Marin

Posted February 10, 2018 11:02 am & filed under .

Rows of potted succulents and cacti sit on tables outdoors in bright sunlight, with various green plants and pots arranged neatly at a nursery or garden center.

Opening day is getting closer!
Plants are moving in, so that means… February 16 is….
This Friday!

130 Sir Francis Drake Boulevard
San Anselmo, CA 94960

Jester

Posted February 9, 2018 8:07 am & filed under .

A close-up of a single Leucadendron flower with pointed, reddish-pink leaves and a round yellow center, set against a blurred green background.

Leucadendron “Jester”

Sunshine Conebush

Origin: South Africa

L. salignum “Jester”

Evergreen Shrub
Dense, vigorous growing shrub with strongly, brightly, visibly variegated leaves. Red bracts are great for arrangements. Good for coastal gardens.

Temperature: Hardy to 25°F

Sun: Full Sun

Water: Low

Gumby Plant

Posted February 2, 2018 2:57 pm & filed under .

A close-up of a bright yellow flower with long, narrow petals, surrounded by green leaves and planted in a pot with small brown and beige pebbles.

Glottiphyllum longum

South Africa

Stemless, clumping, flattened rosettes. Yellow flowers

Part Sun
Extra Chunky Soil
Keep dry, water sparingly

Yellow Torch

Posted January 31, 2018 12:18 pm & filed under .

Potted aloe plants with thick, spiky green leaves are displayed outdoors on shelves. One aloe in the foreground has a tall yellow flower spike. Sunlight casts shadows on the ground, highlighting the succulents.

Aloe “Yellow Torch”

A. arborescens “Yellow Torch”

Winter growing/blooming shrub, 4ft. in Bay Area

Hardy to 20F

Full Sun to Part Shade

Giant Colorful Aloe Blooms

Posted January 26, 2018 5:35 pm & filed under .

A tall aloe plant with a dense, cone-shaped flower spike of red and yellow blossoms, surrounded by green leaves, stands in an outdoor nursery with other plants and a Cactus Jungle sign in the background.

Aloe speciosa giant bloom stalk with many colors!

Common Name: Tilt Head Aloe
Origin: South Africa

Single head tree to 12-15ft.; blue-green red-edged leaves.

Hardy to 20F
Full Sun to Part Sun

Succulents

Posted January 24, 2018 6:41 pm & filed under .

At the Cactus Jungle Nursery and Garden, Berkeley

Aloe, San Francisco

Posted January 23, 2018 2:53 pm & filed under .

A large aloe plant with tall stalks and orange flowers grows by a city sidewalk, with apartment buildings and a black Jeep in the background. Sunlight casts shadows across the scene.

Aloe arborescens

Carl Street, San Francisco

Cactus Jungle, Marin

Posted January 9, 2018 8:56 am & filed under .

Bringing over the cactus for the new San Anselmo store!

Large barrel cacti in black pots sit outdoors in the sunlight at this Marin cactus nursery, near a wooden building with potted succulents on benches and gravel on the ground. Cactus Jungle, Marin, opening mid – February.

Succulent Roof

Posted January 7, 2018 1:16 pm & filed under .

A small outdoor wooden library box with a glass door, full of books. Its living roof is topped with green succulents, and a red heart-shaped note is attached to the front. Lush plants and grass surround it.

Hi there, just want to share a sight from a walk yesterday. This is one of those free little libraries, but with an awesome roof composed entirely of succulents, on both sides. It’s off Colusa in North Berkeley.

Pretty neat, eh?

Doris

Cactus Jungle Opening Nursery in Marin

Posted January 6, 2018 7:09 am & filed under .

At the Nursery in Marin called Cactus Jungle, various cacti and succulents in pots line outdoor tables, with a striking agave plant in the foreground and the greenhouse entrance visible in the background.

Cactus Jungle comes to San Anselmo
Cactus Jungle, based in Berkeley, is branching out with a store on the former Sunnyside Nursery site in San Anselmo.

By PJ Bremier, Marin Independent Journal

In San Anselmo, it’s a new nursery for the New Year. That’s the good news for Ross Valley gardeners as Cactus Jungle is moving into the vacant former Sunnyside Nursery location in San Anselmo.

Sunnyside, which operated from 1940 to 2015, was a local favorite known for its good selection of plants, helpful staff with deep knowledge of plants and its own Marin growing grounds. Then Armstrong Garden Centers opened there, but closed this summer.

That makes Cactus Jungle, based in Berkeley, only the third nursery there in more than 75 years…

Click through to read the rest. Find out when we’re opening! Find out what we’re planning!

Reader Photos

Posted January 4, 2018 3:55 pm & filed under .

Hi,
I bought a 5 gallon of this beauty (Leucadendron “Wilson’s Wonder”) and this is it 3 years later. It’s gorgeous!

Hortensia

Nice!

Whippet on Break

Posted December 28, 2017 12:16 pm & filed under .

A light-colored dog with a black collar is lying on a dark blue blanket, resting its head and front paws comfortably. Sunlight is softly illuminating the scene.

While the store is closed for winter break (we reopen Jan 2!) the Jason had the week off.

Holidays at the Cactus Jungle

Posted December 22, 2017 10:07 am & filed under .

A bright greenhouse filled with various plants, succulents, pots, and gardening supplies at Cactus Jungle. Three people are browsing among the displays as sunlight streams through the clear roof above, bringing a festive holidays vibe to the scene.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Cactus Jungle is OPEN til 6:00pm Friday, Saturday, AND Sunday! (Dec 22-24)

Christmas eve, too? Yes!

The Future is Cactus

Posted December 19, 2017 11:41 am & filed under .

According to Earther.com:

We’ll All Be Eating Cactus in the Future Thanks to Climate Change
by Katie Valentine

…the prickly pear cactus, a humble plant that, according to a new book co-published by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, can serve as a lifesaving crop for many countries…

“It’s actually a fairly amazing crop that can grow in most dry areas of the world,” Makiko Taguchi, a cactus expert at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, told Earther. “And the dry areas of the world are expanding in some places.”

Oh, and it’s delicious!

Prickly Pear Margarita

Ingredients

coarse salt as needed
2 fluid ounces tequila
2 fluid ounces sweet and sour mix

1 fluid ounce triple sec
1 fluid ounce lime juice
1 fluid ounce prickly pear syrup

Click thru to see the rest of the instructions.

We Get Sick Cactus Questions

Posted December 15, 2017 9:54 am & filed under .

hey there…. i was wonder if you could help me with my cactus…. we had mealie mites and i used a insecticidal soap. then this started to happened and fast. could it be corking? i don’t think its root rot. i dealt with that before. is there something we can do to save it?

Could we cut the bad out of the cactus and callus it and replant? the tops don’t seam to be infected..

thank you for any help you can provide!!!
Gene

It looks to me like you have 2 plants with the same problem. After the infestation, which the soap didn’t fix, the plants would have been susceptible to infection.

I would recommend getting the 3 of them out of that soil, and repotting the 1 healthy one on its own. You can take tip cuttings of the other 2 if you can cut above the infection. When you cut, if the flesh is clean and white then you can let it callous over for a week before planting. Since it’s winter I recommend Sulfur Dust on the cut end to help prevent fungus. If the cut end is not clean then keep cutting upward til you get to clean flesh, or if the infection is all the way through the plant then it is not saveable.

Peter

Cactus Cupcakes

Posted December 14, 2017 6:48 pm & filed under .

Rows of cupcakes decorated with buttercream frosting designed to look like various cacti and succulents in green and pink shades, arranged on a wooden surface.

Are you wondering why no nobody in New York has offered a holiday cupcake party with a cactus and succulent theme? Cupcake Decorating Workshop by The Sill has you covered, if you are available and in New York next Tuesday only. Nice!

I wonder if they teach you how to make delicious cupcakes, or just how to decorate any old cupcake.

You will learn how to decorate cupcakes like a pro.

OK! No good cupcakes, only decorative frostings. I mean, I assume they don’t prevent you from using delicious cupcakes, but it’s hard to say for sure.

And what if you’re a beginner….

This class will be good for beginners who want to explore their interest, and for semi-professionals who want to develop new skills in buttercream design.

Berkeley Succulents in Full Bloom

Posted December 9, 2017 9:49 am & filed under .

A cluster of aloe plants with tall red-orange flower spikes grow beside a building with large windows and metal siding on a sunny day.

Aloe arborescens in full bloom

7th St., Berkeley

Oh, those winter blooming South African Aloes! They do come and bloom at an auspicious time of the year.

Christmas Tree Cactus

Posted December 5, 2017 6:08 pm & filed under .

A close-up of a green, spiky cactus with many small thorns, growing in a pot filled with pebbles. Other cacti in similar pots are visible blurred in the background.

Austrocylindropuntia subulata fa. monstrose is the Christmas Tree Cactus.

Big Blue Succulent Leaves

Posted November 25, 2017 11:02 am & filed under .

Close-up of thick, overlapping, pale blue-grey succulent leaves with smooth surfaces and subtle purple tinges, bathed in natural sunlight.

That’s an Echeveria “Blue Dude” right there! It’s an older style hybrid, so you know it’s back in fashion now. Hurry before it cycles back out.

Succulent Wreaths

Posted November 24, 2017 8:31 am & filed under .

A round wreath made of various colorful succulents in shades of green, pink, red, and purple sits on a rustic wooden surface. The plants are densely packed, creating a vibrant, textured display.

Succulent Wreaths, now at your local friendly Cactus Jungle, Berkeley

Video Streaming of the Cactus Jungle

Posted November 22, 2017 4:06 pm & filed under .

Live Stream!

Save the link here.

Tiny Flowers

Posted November 18, 2017 10:01 am & filed under .

Close-up of a succulent plant with small clusters of purple and yellow flowers in focus, surrounded by blurred green and pinkish leaves in the background.

Those are some very small, tiny, Crassula perforata flowers. So small that in person they just look like dead flowers. But no, up close they are alive. ALIVE!