Live or die?

[DesertZone]

Post a pic of a plant that should have made it but did'nt, and post a pic a plant that lived that should'nt.

[lucky1]

Very pricey.

Looked good when it arrived:
<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3070/276 ... 861d5f.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="DSC01583" />

Babied it for the first month, got scared of coming cold, dug it up very carefully to bring into the cold building.
<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3070/302 ... aed0ab.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="DSC01727" />

A year later, it's a goner (from last winter):
<img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5043/536 ... 45125d.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="DSC04334" />

[TimMAz6]

Barb,

do you have a close up of the leaf cross section of that Yucca rostrata? It appears that rostrata may have been the Y. rostrata-rigida type. Rigida is only a zone 8 Yucca. Try a Y. thompsoniana which looks like rostrata but is even hardier than rostrata.

[lucky1]

Tim, somebody else told me that a while ago too, but I forgot to rename the photo.

Since it's dead, you're right

I thought I had a closer pic than this but can't find it:
<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2553/419 ... 6a4d_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="DSC03145" />

It was sad to lose this big two-headed beauty.
And Y.thompsoniana is on my wanted list.

Thanks!
Barb

[DesertZone]

here's an adult pic of one, I think. Rigida

[lucky1]

What a beaut Aaron.

Seems we can't even trust the BIG nurseries to label/ID accurately.

One step up from calling it Tropical Foliage...

[DesertZone]

One step up from calling it Tropical Foliage...