Some will trunk, 3ft tall or so. I would not dought the offer, but it would be nice if they had a better pic of the mother plant. One way to tell is to buy some and see what happens in 5 or so years. 😀

Thanks Aaron! I might give it a whirl. The trunking ones must be from down south somewhere?

Duncan

Thanks Aaron! I might give it a whirl. The trunking ones must be from down south somewhere?

Duncan

More than likely.

Methinks the picture is not accurate... Most glauca are acaulescent, but some CAN produce trunks. NOt all will, and I've never heard of one putting up a trunk that large (I've seen some that reach perhaps 3 feet). However, where these 'trunking forms' aka var. stricta, blend into Y. elata is unclear. What you might be buying here is just elata, or rather what we call elata (the Yucca don't know the difference, they'll have sex with whatever is available!!!) As an example, I came across a 'trunking' form of Yucca angustissima near the native range of Y. elata v. veridensis. The trunks are weak (as you see in glauca, and those rare 'trunking' angustissima that are present elsewhere) and therefore I classified them as angustissima. However, it is doubtful that these plants were ;pure' angustissima...

Anyway, I can't remember where i was going with this... Probably something about the picture not showing Yucca glauca, but rather a hybrid of some sort. Ah well. I say that the only way to know if a plant is hardy or not is to kill it for yourself! And trust me, I practice what I preach.

I'll take a look for the pics I snapped of those 'trunking' angusstissima, I might even have some seeds kicking around.

Not the ones I'm talking about but here are SOME 'trunking' Y. angustissima from high up in the mountains in Central Utah.

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Ah, here they are, not the prettiest Yucca, but still trunking:
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And finally, an awkward shot of yours truly snapping a Yucca elata veridensis inflorescence to get at the seeds. Notice the large stalk on the true elata compared with the angustissima:
<a href=" http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2300531360072511707YlYcq y"><img src=" " alt="arizona 2008 017"></a>

Anybody know whether the seller is qualified to make that judgment?
Anybody want to ask him? 😆
I elect Paul!

not the prettiest Yucca

Could be, if it were "cleaned up" a tad.

Barb

Thanks for the pics Paul! Very interesting insights too. Found some y. glauca stricta pics after reading your post. Would love to get my hands on this species!
Thanks!

http://www.bennyskaktus.dk/Y_stricta.htm

Duncan

There are some forms of Y. glauca with tall trunks. Y. glauca v stricta is trunk forming (generally Kansas, Western OK & Nebraska). There is also a form up near Mt. Rushmore which is suppose to be 5 feet+ tall.

Hi Tim!

Very cool. I bet they'd be super hardy too. You don't have any trunking glauca seeds kicking around, by chance, do you?

I've got some very nice little yucca seedlings coming along from the seeds you gave me. I'll get some pics up soon. Hope the plants are wintering well Tim!

Take Care,

Duncan

Sorry, I have no glauca 'trunker' seeds.

Hi Tim!

Very cool. I bet they'd be super hardy too. You don't have any trunking glauca seeds kicking around, by chance, do you?

Duncan

Not a real trunker but keeps growing up, if I can find some seed you can have them. 😀

So many things you buy on e-bay(or anywhere) that are supposed
to be different /hybrids or whatever are just risky as it would be
a long time to find out if it's the real deal....but for less than $5-
no biggie!

Paul

Is that you in the picture?????????????????????????????????????

Aaron,

Thanks man, if you do have any, I'd love some 😀 . That's a real nice plant. It's pure glauca?

Jim, agreed, it's worth a shot, for $5, especially $5USD 😉 .

Take Care,

Duncan

Aaron,

Thanks man, if you do have any, I'd love some 😀 . That's a real nice plant. It's pure glauca?

Duncan

Yes...but there is so many different forms I cant tell you where it came from. I got it from a nursery about 14 years ago. PM me with a address and I will send you some seed. I found some on the plant, they have been there all winter so I'm not sure how they will do. 😀