Yucca update after winter.........
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Yucca update after winter.........
Here's some of the Yuccas after winter
Yucca gloriosa x filata hybrid from Benny Jensen
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0081-1.jpg>
Yucca cernua doing OK, some damage
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0086-1.jpg>
Yucca cernua close up
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0089-1.jpg>
Yucca glauca 'small form' solid as a rock
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0087-1.jpg>
Yucca filamentosa x elata 'form 1' hybrid
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0088-1.jpg>
Yucca rupicola damaged but will survive
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0094-1.jpg>
Yucca rupicola close up
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0095-1.jpg>
Yucca neomexicana
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0098-1.jpg>
Yucca filamentosa x rostrata hybrid from Benny Jensen doing well.
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0103-1.jpg>
Yucca harrimaniae
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0101-1.jpg>
Yucca reverchonii-thompsoniana
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0104-1.jpg>
Yucca recurvifolia & Yucca glauca form
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0109-1.jpg>
Yucca rupicola x faxoniana? hybrid
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0114-1.jpg>
Yucca 'constricta x filamentosa' x 'filamentosa x elata' hybrid
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0116-1.jpg>
Yucca baccata (10-yr old LOL)
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0118-1.jpg>
Yucca elata
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0122-2.jpg>
Yucca elata v verdiensis
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0123-1.jpg>
Yucca intermedia
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0124-3.jpg>
Yucca gloriosa/recurvifolia white burn
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... AM0129.jpg>
Yucca gloriosa/recurvifolia
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... AM0131.jpg>
Yucca constricta x filamentosa hybrids
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... AM0132.jpg>
Yucca filamentosa x elata 'form 4' hybrid
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0134-2.jpg>
Yucca glauca v stricta
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0133-1.jpg>
Yucca glauca
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... AM0135.jpg>
Yucca pallida
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... AM0139.jpg>
Yucca arkansana west Oklahoma form
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... AM0140.jpg>
Yucca gloriosa x elata hybrid
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... AM0141.jpg>
Yucca gloriosa
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... AM0142.jpg>
Yucca gloriosa white burn
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... AM0143.jpg>
Rabbit food
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... AM0148.jpg>
Yucca 'constricta x filamentosa' x 'filamentosa x elata' hybrid
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... AM0149.jpg>
Yucca arkansana narrow leaf form
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... AM0152.jpg>
Yucca gloriosa/recurvifolia Tenn. form
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... AM0153.jpg>
Yucca constricta and Yucca gloriosa x angustissima protected with glass
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0154-1.jpg>
Yucca gloriosa 'floribunda' from Mark of the Netherlands
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... AM0155.jpg>
Yucca filamentosa x elata 'form 5' hybrid
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... AM0156.jpg>
Yucca filamentosa x elata 'form 6' hybrid
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... AM0157.jpg>
Yucca filamentosa variegated
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... AM0158.jpg>
Yucca recurvifolia 'NJ form' and Yucca filamentosa 'Tenn. form'
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... AM0147.jpg>
Yucca rostrata is fine.
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0043-1.jpg>
Yucca glauca v stricta looking like a pancake and a lean.
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... AM0048.jpg>
Yucca angustissima x filamentosa hybrids doing OK (a Benny Jensen hybrid)
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0091-2.jpg>
Yucca 'constricta x filamentos' x 'filamentosa x elata' hybrid is fine
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0120-2.jpg>
Yucca constricta x filamentosa hybrids are pancakes from snow
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... AM0049.jpg>
Yucca filamentosa x elata 'form 2' is a pancake from snow
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0051-1.jpg>
Yucca pallida
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0054-1.jpg>
Yucca recurvifolia
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0056-1.jpg>
Yucca arkansana 'missouri form'
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0060-1.jpg>
Yucca gloriosa 'aloifolia form' looking really good
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0068-1.jpg>
Yucca recurvifolia 'Highway 421 form'
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0067-2.jpg>
Yucca filamentosa x elata 'form 3' looking beat up from the snows
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0065-1.jpg>
Yucca gloriosa/recurvifolia with white leaf damage
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0079-2.jpg>
Yucca gloriosa varigata
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0076-1.jpg>
Yucca filamentosa x glauca hybrid doing OK
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0082-1.jpg>
Yucca rostrata - not protected is doing OK
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0084-1.jpg>
Yucca gloriosa x filata hybrid from Benny Jensen
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0081-1.jpg>
Yucca cernua doing OK, some damage
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0086-1.jpg>
Yucca cernua close up
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0089-1.jpg>
Yucca glauca 'small form' solid as a rock
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0087-1.jpg>
Yucca filamentosa x elata 'form 1' hybrid
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0088-1.jpg>
Yucca rupicola damaged but will survive
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0094-1.jpg>
Yucca rupicola close up
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0095-1.jpg>
Yucca neomexicana
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0098-1.jpg>
Yucca filamentosa x rostrata hybrid from Benny Jensen doing well.
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0103-1.jpg>
Yucca harrimaniae
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0101-1.jpg>
Yucca reverchonii-thompsoniana
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0104-1.jpg>
Yucca recurvifolia & Yucca glauca form
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0109-1.jpg>
Yucca rupicola x faxoniana? hybrid
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0114-1.jpg>
Yucca 'constricta x filamentosa' x 'filamentosa x elata' hybrid
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0116-1.jpg>
Yucca baccata (10-yr old LOL)
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0118-1.jpg>
Yucca elata
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0122-2.jpg>
Yucca elata v verdiensis
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0123-1.jpg>
Yucca intermedia
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0124-3.jpg>
Yucca gloriosa/recurvifolia white burn
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... AM0129.jpg>
Yucca gloriosa/recurvifolia
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... AM0131.jpg>
Yucca constricta x filamentosa hybrids
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... AM0132.jpg>
Yucca filamentosa x elata 'form 4' hybrid
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0134-2.jpg>
Yucca glauca v stricta
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0133-1.jpg>
Yucca glauca
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... AM0135.jpg>
Yucca pallida
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... AM0139.jpg>
Yucca arkansana west Oklahoma form
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... AM0140.jpg>
Yucca gloriosa x elata hybrid
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... AM0141.jpg>
Yucca gloriosa
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... AM0142.jpg>
Yucca gloriosa white burn
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... AM0143.jpg>
Rabbit food
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... AM0148.jpg>
Yucca 'constricta x filamentosa' x 'filamentosa x elata' hybrid
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... AM0149.jpg>
Yucca arkansana narrow leaf form
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... AM0152.jpg>
Yucca gloriosa/recurvifolia Tenn. form
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... AM0153.jpg>
Yucca constricta and Yucca gloriosa x angustissima protected with glass
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0154-1.jpg>
Yucca gloriosa 'floribunda' from Mark of the Netherlands
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... AM0155.jpg>
Yucca filamentosa x elata 'form 5' hybrid
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... AM0156.jpg>
Yucca filamentosa x elata 'form 6' hybrid
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... AM0157.jpg>
Yucca filamentosa variegated
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... AM0158.jpg>
Yucca recurvifolia 'NJ form' and Yucca filamentosa 'Tenn. form'
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... AM0147.jpg>
Yucca rostrata is fine.
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0043-1.jpg>
Yucca glauca v stricta looking like a pancake and a lean.
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... AM0048.jpg>
Yucca angustissima x filamentosa hybrids doing OK (a Benny Jensen hybrid)
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0091-2.jpg>
Yucca 'constricta x filamentos' x 'filamentosa x elata' hybrid is fine
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0120-2.jpg>
Yucca constricta x filamentosa hybrids are pancakes from snow
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... AM0049.jpg>
Yucca filamentosa x elata 'form 2' is a pancake from snow
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0051-1.jpg>
Yucca pallida
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0054-1.jpg>
Yucca recurvifolia
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0056-1.jpg>
Yucca arkansana 'missouri form'
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0060-1.jpg>
Yucca gloriosa 'aloifolia form' looking really good
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0068-1.jpg>
Yucca recurvifolia 'Highway 421 form'
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0067-2.jpg>
Yucca filamentosa x elata 'form 3' looking beat up from the snows
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0065-1.jpg>
Yucca gloriosa/recurvifolia with white leaf damage
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0079-2.jpg>
Yucca gloriosa varigata
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0076-1.jpg>
Yucca filamentosa x glauca hybrid doing OK
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0082-1.jpg>
Yucca rostrata - not protected is doing OK
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0084-1.jpg>
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Tim, apart from the bacata--and some squishing from snowload--I think everything looks great after winter.
Really impressed with the elata crosses and rostratas.
Would I be generalizing too much if I think fleshy yuccas don't do as well as waxy-coated yuccas?
Must've been wonderful removing the covers!
Good work this winter Tim...another foot of snow though and the load would've been too much?
You have the most yucca varieties I've ever seen
Barb
Really impressed with the elata crosses and rostratas.
Would I be generalizing too much if I think fleshy yuccas don't do as well as waxy-coated yuccas?
Must've been wonderful removing the covers!
Good work this winter Tim...another foot of snow though and the load would've been too much?
You have the most yucca varieties I've ever seen
Barb
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Gotta agree with Barbito there,looking good!
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Thanks for the update Tim. Always a pleasure seeing your incredible Yucca collection!
Can we expect some crosses this summer?
Can we expect some crosses this summer?
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thanks everyone,
the Yuccas which generally can't survive here are the tall trunkers from the southwest. The only trunkers which can survive here are Y. elata, Y. thompsoniana and Y. rostrata. Y. whippeli can't survive either.
I hope to hybridize some more Yuccas but I'm at the mercy of the beetles which kill off the flowers. I'd have loads of hybrids if it wasn't for those beetles.
the Yuccas which generally can't survive here are the tall trunkers from the southwest. The only trunkers which can survive here are Y. elata, Y. thompsoniana and Y. rostrata. Y. whippeli can't survive either.
I hope to hybridize some more Yuccas but I'm at the mercy of the beetles which kill off the flowers. I'd have loads of hybrids if it wasn't for those beetles.
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Hey Tim
Would placing a brown paper bag over the flower spathe keep beetles out?
Although it would be tough to attach it tightly enough to keep beetles out without choking the stem.
Would placing a brown paper bag over the flower spathe keep beetles out?
Although it would be tough to attach it tightly enough to keep beetles out without choking the stem.
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awesome photos, Tim! I knew you had a large yucca collection, but I didn't know it was that big!
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Hi Barb,
bags didn't work. I think I may purchase some sort of fine netting......or MOVE.
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Hi Cameron,
the collection gets larger and larger every season....especially with hybrids.
bags didn't work. I think I may purchase some sort of fine netting......or MOVE.
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... uly111.jpg>
Hi Cameron,
the collection gets larger and larger every season....especially with hybrids.
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Tim,
Look at the height of those flower spikes!
Wouldn't the trick be to tie the bags shut at the bottom?
Look at the height of those flower spikes!
Wouldn't the trick be to tie the bags shut at the bottom?
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Hi Barb,
I'm curious if you have these beetles in your area? There can be 20+ beetles in a single flower sometimes.
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 0061-2.jpg>
I'm curious if you have these beetles in your area? There can be 20+ beetles in a single flower sometimes.
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Tim,
Thanks for that pic.
I've never seen anything that even resembles that beetle.
Kinda like a ladybug with a big head?
Will peer inside flowers this year.
Wouldn't those beetles be the natural pollinators?
Or do we know they're pests that damage the yucca?
Barb
Thanks for that pic.
I've never seen anything that even resembles that beetle.
Kinda like a ladybug with a big head?
Will peer inside flowers this year.
Wouldn't those beetles be the natural pollinators?
Or do we know they're pests that damage the yucca?
Barb
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Thanks for posting all the good yucca pics.
PS, I have never seen one of those beetles here, what type of beetle is it?
PS, I have never seen one of those beetles here, what type of beetle is it?
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The beetles do a lot of damage because they lay larvae in the flower and they larvae eat the pistol and other flower parts. The blooms typically fall off prematurely.
Healthly looking flower with loads of Yucca moths:
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 420071.jpg>
Flower with beetles and Yucca moths:
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... une222.jpg>
Healthly looking flower with loads of Yucca moths:
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... 420071.jpg>
Flower with beetles and Yucca moths:
<img src=http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/ ... une222.jpg>
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Thanks for those great photos Tim.
I've never seen the yucca moths here either
Too bad they get along with the beetles.
So the beetles affect pollination because the flowers fall off prematurely?
What's the beetle called anyway?
Barb
I've never seen the yucca moths here either
Too bad they get along with the beetles.
So the beetles affect pollination because the flowers fall off prematurely?
What's the beetle called anyway?
Barb
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Wow -man your yard is too cool, Tim! Thanks for the update pics.
I didn't know there would be a yucca moth in your neck of the woods Tim, as I didn't think you had an endemic yucca species....very cool. I really love those filimentosa-elata hybrids. Can't wait till mine get bigger-although they probably never will in this God forsaken climate ...... . Thanks again-what a collection!
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I didn't know there would be a yucca moth in your neck of the woods Tim, as I didn't think you had an endemic yucca species....very cool. I really love those filimentosa-elata hybrids. Can't wait till mine get bigger-although they probably never will in this God forsaken climate ...... . Thanks again-what a collection!
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Hi Barb,
the yucca beetle is this thing......http://bugguide.net/node/view/37497/bgimage
I wish I knew an easy way to kill them.
Thanks Duncan & Erik!
the yucca beetle is this thing......http://bugguide.net/node/view/37497/bgimage
I wish I knew an easy way to kill them.
Thanks Duncan & Erik!
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Yuk, glad I've never seen those!
http://bugguide.net/node/view/37497/bgimage
Found this interesting.
Beetle damage PRECEDES yucca moth visitation:
http://www.jstor.org/pss/3545620
Barb
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Found this interesting.
Beetle damage PRECEDES yucca moth visitation:
http://www.jstor.org/pss/3545620
Barb
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Hi Barb,
thanks for the Yucca moth/beetle article. The beetles are a big problem in my yard and prevent me from hybridizing yuccas. Some years I'm lucky to get any seeds to develop. I need to find out how to kill the beetles without hurting the flowers or Yucca moths.
thanks for the Yucca moth/beetle article. The beetles are a big problem in my yard and prevent me from hybridizing yuccas. Some years I'm lucky to get any seeds to develop. I need to find out how to kill the beetles without hurting the flowers or Yucca moths.
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The photo didn't show any wings on beetles.
Maybe a sticky petroleum jelly on the flower stems would prevent them crawling up to the flowers.
This is a problem for the scientists!
Barb
Maybe a sticky petroleum jelly on the flower stems would prevent them crawling up to the flowers.
This is a problem for the scientists!
Barb
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Hi Barb,
the beetles do have wings. They typically fly in at dusk.
the beetles do have wings. They typically fly in at dusk.
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I know you have tons of yucca flowers but I wonder if there's a way to break the cycle for just one year.
Although your flowers are still lovely and plentiful...but you want to hybridize some.
There must be a fine cloth mesh (like a bridal veil netting) that could be placed over the developing flower spikes, tied at the bottom, to keep the flying beetles out. It's worth a shot.
But then the yucca moths can't get in either
I'm stumped.
Barb
Although your flowers are still lovely and plentiful...but you want to hybridize some.
There must be a fine cloth mesh (like a bridal veil netting) that could be placed over the developing flower spikes, tied at the bottom, to keep the flying beetles out. It's worth a shot.
But then the yucca moths can't get in either
I'm stumped.
Barb
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Hi Barb,
I really don't need the Yucca moths......I just don't want to kill them. I need to get my lazy #zz to get some fine netting and protect the blooms!
I really don't need the Yucca moths......I just don't want to kill them. I need to get my lazy #zz to get some fine netting and protect the blooms!
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I want to see the video of you going into the fabric shop and asking for 5 yards of bridal veiling.
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my neighbors will think I'm nuts if I cover all my Yucca blooms!
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[quote="TimMAz6"]my neighbors will think I'm nuts . . .
Tim My neighbors already think i'm nuts too! Banana tree in the front yard and all . . . - People stop and knock on my front door to ask questions. They say the house is the talk of the town.
We're going to have to kick it up a notch this year. Keep them talking hahaha - Paul
Tim My neighbors already think i'm nuts too! Banana tree in the front yard and all . . . - People stop and knock on my front door to ask questions. They say the house is the talk of the town.
We're going to have to kick it up a notch this year. Keep them talking hahaha - Paul
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Speaking of talk of the town......did you see Bill in the local newspaper a few years back?
http://www.thesunchronicle.com/articles ... 246745.txt
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That awesome!!TimMAz6 wrote:Speaking of talk of the town......did you see Bill in the local newspaper a few years back?
http://www.thesunchronicle.com/articles ... 246745.txt
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That's our boy!
Somebody should tell the newspaper to go back and see all his new palms and greenhouse.
Barb
Somebody should tell the newspaper to go back and see all his new palms and greenhouse.
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Thought I had found a yucca beetle...oops, it wasn't one, but looked so similar.
S Q U I S H.
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S Q U I S H.
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Hi Barb,
close call with that beetle.....correct colors but it's not the same dude!
close call with that beetle.....correct colors but it's not the same dude!
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Still don't know what it is...er...a....was.
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