Tuesday 25 June 2013

Yikes!!!!.....Yucca Spikes.....Yahoo!!!




Noticed these on the weekend...

I have 5 Yucca plants at the cottage...

Last year I had some beautiful blooms on 1....

And...

I...

Can't believe it...

But ALL 5 have flower spikes on them!!!

If you scroll down...

You will see what the flower spikes look like....

For some reason...

I could not find my photos from last year...

This particular photo { of the white flower spikes} is perhaps 6 years old...

They really are a spectacular plant!!!

And they stay green all Winter...another bonus... 

And....

They look like Asparagus!!!.....mmmmm...asparagus....

Only much fatter!!!

 




Does anyone grow Yuccas???

Do you have success with the blooming???

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Hope you all had a great day...

Still hot and humid here....wee bit of rain overnite...

Pretty windy as well...wish this storm would blow thru...

We have our Canada Day long weekend this weekend...

Looks like RAIN from Thursday to Monday...:o(


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On the menu tonight...

   Freshly made {today} spaghetti and meat sauce...

     Small baguette...Ceasar Salad...


Enjoy the rest of your day...

                            Cheers!  :o)
                              linda

 


22 comments:

  1. I have yuccas! Mine are a different species, maybe it's a climatic difference. Mine have bright reddish-pink shoots and flowers and they aren't as tightly closed as yours, less like asparagus. I think we have four of them but only one flowered this year; we had a cold spring and I think they may have gotten freeze damage. Yours look really healthy and hardy!

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    1. I would love to see that color!!! Awesome!

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  2. I grew yuccas at our last house. They were in a dry river bed that I made.
    Faced the East.
    Hope to have a sunny weekend> We just had a storm go through.

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    1. Had a wee bit of rain around 8:30...nothing much...just got everything wet!

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  3. my yucca bloomed too just a few days ago :) It really is a lovely flower, and very exotic

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    1. I had no idea you were a gardener Dezmond!!! Good for you!

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    2. what's even more interesting is that even though we're across the ocean ( I'm in central Europe) I've noticed that we share more or less the same flowers and plants in our European and your American gardens, even the small plants :)

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  4. I don't see Yucca plants in our area here but they could be. The blooms are really pretty. We had a wicked wild thunderstorm come through here at suppertime. And it's thundering again. And it looks like a rainy long weekend for us too. :(

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    1. We only had brief sprinkle...I was hoping for more...things are getting kinda dry!!!

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  5. Never have had them but yours look like they will be lovely once they have bloomed ! Wonderful photos , supper sounds delish ! Thanks for sharing . Have a good day !

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    1. Will keep you posted on their progress...very interesting bloom!

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  6. I added 3 yucca plants to the garden last year at the end of summer. All 3 survived the winter and have been sending up the leaves, in fact there are about 3 extra set of leaves growing. I haven't seen any flower spikes on mine but I'm not expecting any this year. I know they have gorgeous flower spikes on the plants, can't wait to see yours in bloom.

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    1. I remember you saying that...if they get "hairy" along the spikes, you will get blooms...watch for the "hairs" this winter...Good luck!

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    2. I'll be keeping eyes on them ... hairy is good for yuccas, not for legs and armpits on people :)

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  7. No yuccas here! But I want one! ha.

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    1. Once again...I would share...if and when you move to Southern Ontario!!!

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  8. On my home yesterday I told my daughter that a neighbor was growing "giant asparagus". Now I know what they really are! How funny.

    Today I am happy to be living near the lake. The back porch has been wonderful. Still looking for the rain walk. Maybe soon, but so far I've missed all the rainstorms.

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    1. Glad to be of assistance, Martha!
      It is much cooler by the Lake...wonder what the weekend will bring..
      I am sure you will get that rain walk in!

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  9. We had a yucca in our front yard when we moved in but I thought it a weed and pulled it out! meh

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    1. Glad to have you back!
      Before you "pull" anything out...ASK ME!
      Must have been hard to pull it out...they are STURDY!!

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  10. Hmmm, don't have any of those. Dinner sounded good!!
    xo Kris

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