Yucca elata

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Yucca elata review.
http://unkowndestination.blogspot.com/2012/08/yucca-review-yucca-elata.html

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Posted : 18/08/2012 4:09 pm

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Aaron, thanks for posting the review link.

Agree with you entirely that the crown has a tropical look.
So very delicate looking compared to the coarseness of some yuccas like filamentosa.

Glad those fires haven't gotten closer to you.
It must be tough to control a fire on the windswept plains areas.
Frightening that a fire can move so quickly.

Barb

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Posted : 20/08/2012 7:14 am

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Thank you Barb. Always nice when the fires are somewhere other than my yard. Of cource I don't want to see any fires anywhere, unless it's my camp fire. 😀

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Posted : 20/08/2012 12:06 pm

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Hi Aaron,

those are some nice Y. elatas. Y. elata is one of my favorites too. It has been rock hardy in my wet climate.

Mine is 12 years old from seed but has 3 feet of clear trunk now. Do we have different ecotypes or is it our excess moisture??

Posted : 14/10/2012 2:29 pm

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Hi Aaron,

Mine is 12 years old from seed but has 3 feet of clear trunk now. Do we have different ecotypes or is it our excess moisture??

I think it the moisture and maybe the soil. I don't water mine after they start growing on their own. Also I noticed after I moved one to one of my sand and gravel hills it started growing much faster! As did all the yuccas I moved. 😉

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Posted : 14/10/2012 5:04 pm

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My Y. elata that flowered last year, look at it now. 😀

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Posted : 03/02/2013 10:03 am

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a double head forming? Great. 😀

Posted : 03/02/2013 1:25 pm

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And I love the mass of filaments.
Gorgeous.

Barb

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Posted : 03/02/2013 3:40 pm

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And I love the mass of filaments.
Gorgeous.

Barb

Me too. 😀

Some winter burn showing up on some of my Y. elatas.

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Posted : 03/02/2013 5:20 pm

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you must have had some brutal wind chill factors to burn an established elata. 😮

Posted : 04/02/2013 5:03 am

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I hope that beauty will be OK, Aaron.

Barb

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Posted : 04/02/2013 5:24 am

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I hope that beauty will be OK, Aaron.

Barb

Thanks Barb, it will be ok. 😀

That one has died to the ground several times, all my elatas have died to the ground several times. 😉

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Posted : 04/02/2013 7:32 am

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you must have had some brutal wind chill factors to burn an established elata. 😮

Yes, the wind can get bad here. Not good on the yuccas. 😡

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Posted : 04/02/2013 7:34 am

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Its one Yucca (one of many) that I don't have. I had my eyes on a five headed specimen with over four feet of trunk. Cost was high though.. over €550. That and a large untrimmed Rostrata. Decision day arrived and I thought go for it... only to find the Tropical Centre had removed all their Yuccas for sale 🙄 They are now doing Plant auctions which is not really any good for me.
Aaron that is serious burn. There is something to be said for living in a benign climate like mine. 😉

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Posted : 04/02/2013 7:39 am

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Its one Yucca (one of many) that I don't have. I had my eyes on a five headed specimen with over four feet of trunk. Cost was high though.. over €550. That and a large untrimmed Rostrata. Decision day arrived and I thought go for it... only to find the Tropical Centre had removed all their Yuccas for sale 🙄 They are now doing Plant auctions which is not really any good for me.
Aaron that is serious burn. There is something to be said for living in a benign climate like mine. 😉

I hope you find a cheaper one and try it, it would be cool to see how they do there. 😉

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Posted : 20/06/2013 12:23 pm