tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929448677986593408.post8817318138599962163..comments2023-08-30T15:35:52.807-05:00Comments on Plano Prairie Garden: Untold Stories of 2013: Unexpected SpikinessMichael - Plano Prairie Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10288991916201553454noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929448677986593408.post-55098826498525670492014-03-09T09:42:13.701-05:002014-03-09T09:42:13.701-05:00Thanks David C. I was hoping you would put in your...Thanks David C. I was hoping you would put in your 2 cents. I Michael - Plano Prairie Gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10288991916201553454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929448677986593408.post-87240094769736781062014-03-08T23:38:59.708-06:002014-03-08T23:38:59.708-06:00I'm late to the spiky plant find party, but I ...I'm late to the spiky plant find party, but I concur with Shirley, David R. and the others. I'm not sure I can tell Yucca treculeana from Yucca torreyi, and I hear they hybridize were they meet either side of the Pecos valley.<br /><br />The tall blue-green yucca (estate sale photo) looks like Yucca rigida. Most everything there looks very happy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929448677986593408.post-6628835532890808432014-03-02T18:56:41.990-06:002014-03-02T18:56:41.990-06:00Thanks for the IDs and the information, David. I c...Thanks for the IDs and the information, David. I checked my photos to see if there was enough detail to see filaments. No luck. I will research these varieties further. Michael - Plano Prairie Gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10288991916201553454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929448677986593408.post-25043582915711771212014-03-02T18:49:47.992-06:002014-03-02T18:49:47.992-06:00Thanks for the comments, Tim. David has some addit...Thanks for the comments, Tim. David has some additional thoughts on IDs below. That might be a little much for your garden if you had 25 of those tall yuccas, but I bet it would take quite a while for them to get that tall.Michael - Plano Prairie Gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10288991916201553454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929448677986593408.post-73702927821276057962014-03-02T15:37:35.206-06:002014-03-02T15:37:35.206-06:00Oh, I forgot to add that the older Yuccas were pro...Oh, I forgot to add that the older Yuccas were probably dug out of the wild in the Trans-Pecos region of Texas at one time. That's why you can see some older specimens in older neighborhoods. They are not dug like they use to be. Anything dug would be on private land nowadays. You can sometimes see the large green Yucca known as Y. faxoniana too. They have the filaments on the leaves unlike Y. treculeana. I could not tell what the large greens growing with the Yucca rostrata where because I could not see the leave detail but the other big green one is Y. treculana.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16803422736630231694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929448677986593408.post-24267037628564312892014-03-02T15:29:04.800-06:002014-03-02T15:29:04.800-06:00The first Agave looks like A. havardiana, The larg...The first Agave looks like A. havardiana, The larger Yucca is Y. rostrata. The taller green Yucca looks like Y. treculeana. The smaller Yucca in the zeroscape(ha ha) is Y. thompsoniana. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16803422736630231694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929448677986593408.post-38550359196744439232014-02-26T20:53:45.998-06:002014-02-26T20:53:45.998-06:00I think those tall ones are Thompson's Yucca. ...I think those tall ones are Thompson's Yucca. They're apparently native. I've been growing some from seeds and having really good results.<br />Which might mean a lot of gifting, since I'm not sure what you do with 25 Yuccas that are that tall...Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11848474968321338827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929448677986593408.post-87348725415780990362014-02-25T20:43:35.467-06:002014-02-25T20:43:35.467-06:00Thanks shbg. I can see why agaves die after bloomi...Thanks shbg. I can see why agaves die after blooming. It must take an awful lot of energy to produce those flower spikes.Michael - Plano Prairie Gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10288991916201553454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929448677986593408.post-48797092178409609372014-02-25T20:42:04.644-06:002014-02-25T20:42:04.644-06:00My neighborhood is 40 years old and I bet those ta...My neighborhood is 40 years old and I bet those tall yuccas have been here most of that time. Maybe they were collected on some family vacations out west? If I keep up this spiky trend, I may need to see if I can get some pups. If the Brakelights take off, I may be able to share with you in a few years. I have a feeling they may grow slower than the regular coral variety. My yellow one is a very slow grower, but it does bloom longer. Thanks for the plant names.Michael - Plano Prairie Gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10288991916201553454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929448677986593408.post-8433428996470094892014-02-25T20:30:12.867-06:002014-02-25T20:30:12.867-06:00Sorry you lost some plants. This was an unusual wi...Sorry you lost some plants. This was an unusual winter. A freak ice storm in early December and roller coaster temperatures. The jury is still out regarding the fate of my plants.Michael - Plano Prairie Gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10288991916201553454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929448677986593408.post-4434631783376580912014-02-25T06:38:42.300-06:002014-02-25T06:38:42.300-06:00I'm a huge fan of anything that throws up a cr...I'm a huge fan of anything that throws up a crazy big spike! <br />Great blog!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929448677986593408.post-20564170012625695622014-02-24T17:06:33.337-06:002014-02-24T17:06:33.337-06:00I was surprised you found so many spiky plants in ...I was surprised you found so many spiky plants in your neighborhood. In recent years I have noticed them being added to commercial landscapes in Plano after the watering restrictions kicked in. These folks are ahead of the curve a bit.<br /><br />The blooming agave could be Havardiana or Neomexicana and I'm not sure about the other one. The plant that looks like euphorbia could also be Christmas Cholla.<br /><br />Brakelights is a beautiful color but the price has been a bit of a buzz kill so it's a smart idea to pick one with the pups.<br /><br />Mikey's Spiky Garden is my vote. Shirley Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12734806779997587008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929448677986593408.post-45202602961693595432014-02-21T08:09:11.846-06:002014-02-21T08:09:11.846-06:00Love seeing the variety in dry bedding plants. We ...Love seeing the variety in dry bedding plants. We got burned---literally by the deep freeze---on some less hardy cactus/succulent bed plants. Mistihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15152831329347482311noreply@blogger.com