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lbbss 12-08-2009 11:34 PM

What kind of plant is this? picture link. Flax? Phormium?
 
I would like to find out how to take care of our plant, but don't know
the name of it. It has rust spots on it. here is a picture link.
thanks

http://tinyurl.com/orksxq

http://tinyurl.com/ku2byt

David E. Ross 13-08-2009 07:24 AM

What kind of plant is this? picture link. Flax? Phormium?
 
On 8/12/2009 3:34 PM, lbbss wrote:
I would like to find out how to take care of our plant, but don't know
the name of it. It has rust spots on it. here is a picture link.
thanks

http://tinyurl.com/orksxq

http://tinyurl.com/ku2byt


It looks like some kind of yucca. If so, it needs fast-draining soil
with only occasional deep watering (maybe only once a month in the
summer, depending on species). While some yucca species are quite
hardy, others are definitely subtropical and cannot take more than a
very light frost.

--
David E. Ross
Climate: California Mediterranean
Sunset Zone: 21 -- interior Santa Monica Mountains with some ocean
influence (USDA 10a, very close to Sunset Zone 19)
Gardening diary at http://www.rossde.com/garden/diary

lbbss 14-08-2009 05:08 PM

What kind of plant is this? picture link. Flax? Phormium?
 
thanks, mine looks like the soft leaf yucca, but not sure if that is
it, since I live in canada, not tropical wheater at all.



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