yucca aloifolia purpurea
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yucca aloifolia purpurea
Has anyone grown this Yucca? I saw it for sale in a local garden centre and it looks lovely. I bit like a young lily plant with purple leaves.
Question, what does a mature specimen look like? Does it grow a trunk?
See link for a pic http://www.paramountplants.co.uk/plant/ ... purea.html
Question, what does a mature specimen look like? Does it grow a trunk?
See link for a pic http://www.paramountplants.co.uk/plant/ ... purea.html
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Re: yucca aloifolia purpurea
we bought one of these at trago and it appears to have sailed through winter unmarked so far although it was under a shelter keeping it dry.
need to edit your link kris,the word 'pic' is stopping it working
need to edit your link kris,the word 'pic' is stopping it working
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we bought one because of the pineapple look about it.lovely plant
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Thats a nice looking plant - and a very good alternative to a vicous agave...
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well ignore my last post,went out to grab a pic and it wasnt there.forgot we whipped it indoors.has lost a lot of the colour growing in poor light but it is still growing.should colour up again when it gets back out in the sun
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That's a cracking plant Darren - Trago Mills eh? Who'd have thought it? Must go over and nab one even though I never do spikeys
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ooh, that looks quite nice.
i would need to buy one that already had a trunk becuase i don't like very slow growing plants.
i would need to buy one that already had a trunk becuase i don't like very slow growing plants.
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its growing like the clappers mr list.all the green is new growth since late october
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I must say thats a nice yucca and wouldnt mind one here, although it looks more of a softy I bet its still aloifolia vicious.
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no its not a sid, quite tame,so i guess it is a hybrid with elephantipes maybe?
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Hey ! Paramount Plants .... just round the corner for us .... they are a constant drain on our walletYorkshire Kris wrote:See link for a pic http://www.paramountplants.co.uk/plant/ ... purea.html
Great guys there, helpful and always decent quality plants too ....
Re: yucca aloifolia purpurea
I wonder if this is one of Sprenger's hybrids - maybe with recurvifolia. I understand that he did a lot of work with aloifolia in the 19th century and the leaves do appear to be far too lax to be pure aloifolia. Whatever it is, it's a superb plant and I must get one.
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I really must pay Crews Hill a visit.
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