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Parry's Agave or Agave Parryi
Blue-green, thick and spiny sword-like leaves form a basal rosette about
18" across. After many years, a tall flowering spike can shoot up
to 10 ft. After flowering, the mother plant dies. Off-shoots from the
base continue
to grow, forming a colony. Very hardy (to -20 F). |
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Desert Spoon or Dasylirion
Wheeleri
Ribbon-like leaves to 3 ft. edged with hooked thorns. Creamy white
flowers in May and June on a spike that can grow to 12 ft. and looks
wonderful all season. Pulling off leaves at the base gives you the
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Bear Grass or Nolina Microcarpa
Resembles yucca but the leaves are longer, more flexible and gracefully
curved, forming large clumps of evergreen, grass-like foliage, 3 ft.
tall and wide. Tall flower stalks of numerous tiny pink flowers.
Handsome, drought tolerant landscape plant, hardy to 8,000 ft. |
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