Yucca elata

Submitted by Weiser on Thu, 12/01/2011 - 16:43

I know it's not small but it is deserty. :rolleyes: Here is my specimen of Yucca elata. This is starting to out grow it's space.You can't squeeze by it without a puncture wound to two, :'( so I've resorted to Bob's trick of clipping the tips off the offending leaves. It makes it a lot more user friendly. It is starting to grow a trunk and I hope that in a few more seasons it will high enough to sneak under the leaves.

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Submitted by Mark McD on Thu, 12/01/2011 - 18:50

Particularly fine white flowers on that one.  What is the pale color Penstemon in front?


Submitted by Weiser on Thu, 12/01/2011 - 19:42

Mark
The Penstemon is Penstemon palmeri. It is one of the few scented Penstemons.

Aaron
Your plant has the nice gray/green leaves :D.  Mine is just plane old green.  :-\


Submitted by penstemon on Thu, 12/01/2011 - 20:41

There was one growing some miles south of me that had a quite respectable trunk. You don't see very many tree yuccas in Denver and here was this Y. elata growing in a front yard next to a green lawn. Very strange combination.

Bob


Submitted by DesertZone on Fri, 12/02/2011 - 06:59

Weiser wrote:

Mark
The Penstemon is Penstemon palmeri. It is one of the few scented Penstemons.

Aaron
Your plant has the nice gray/green leaves :D.  Mine is just plane old green.  :-\

I noticed that, I don't think I have ever seen one with green leaves before.