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« on: December 01, 2011, 05:43:05 PM »
I know it's not small but it is deserty. Roll Eyes 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,  Cry 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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« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2011, 07:50:40 PM »
Particularly fine white flowers on that one.  What is the pale color Penstemon in front?
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« Reply #2 on: December 01, 2011, 07:59:21 PM »
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« Reply #3 on: December 01, 2011, 08:42:28 PM »
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The Penstemon is Penstemon palmeri. It is one of the few scented Penstemons.

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Your plant has the nice gray/green leaves Cheesy.  Mine is just plane old green.  Undecided
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« Reply #4 on: December 01, 2011, 09:41:48 PM »
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.

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« Reply #5 on: December 02, 2011, 07:59:00 AM »
Quote from: Weiser on December 01, 2011, 08:42:28 PM
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The Penstemon is Penstemon palmeri. It is one of the few scented Penstemons.

Aaron
Your plant has the nice gray/green leaves Cheesy.  Mine is just plane old green.  Undecided
I noticed that, I don't think I have ever seen one with green leaves before.
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