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   The Dry Garden Nursery  Located in Oakland, but feels like Berkeley.  It was nice to get out of the Livermore heat, and into the less hot Berkeley heat.  Although I had no plans to buy anything, it is a fun nursery with lots of inventory. They are growing zone 10a, as opposed to our 9b.  The land of milk and honey, not as hot/not as cold.  *I'm hearing rumors that Annie's Annuals will close their doors Friday.  If true, that is sad.  I knew they were having a 40% off sale, but not that it was final.   These images were taken almost mid-day, sorry about the brightness.  An extremely spiky, Solanum pyracanthum "porcupine tomato" or devil's thorn. However, it's a spreader so a no for me. This nursery is jam packed with plants - Aloe Hercules, golden barrels, protea, cereus repandus  and I think a monkey puzzle tree all crammed in a corner. Cool trunk on Ceiba speciosa, Floss silk tree.   Large agave attenuata, foxtail agave.   Extreme crested Pachypodium lamar