Yucca linearifolia 'Dusky Blue' Opuntia BEACH SAGE

BEACH SAGE

"Big Bird" yellow flowers on black stems on a fairly compact plant

orange red fruit in late summer lasting often through winter

Good for a finely textured hedge or garden specimen

To 30ft or more eventually (records show much taller in time) with silvery bark and palmate leaves emerging burgundy and red

Yucca linearifolia 'Dusky Blue' Opuntia BEACH SAGEOne of the most beautiful Yucca species, related to Y. rostrata. The 3 ft rosettes atop an eventual 3 8' trunk resemble the Australian grass trees, Xanthorrhoea, or a dim version of Dasylirion quadrangularis. Flattened somewhat triangular leaves of spring green to nearly turquoise and white flowers to 3' or so above the rosette. From only a few scattered localities, these from north of Galleana, NL, Mexico, in a most diverse habitat. This form is