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8T 8FT Tiki Tiki Socialite Kansas City, MO Joined: Nov 30, 2003 Posts: 1411	8T 8FT Tiki Posted posted on Tue, Jun 23, 2015 3:44 PM We have one of these Sapphire Skies Yucca plants and have now had it 2-3 years. It is doing great here in zone 5B (Mid Missouri) It is a columnar yucca which forms a stalk as it grows and gets taller as opposed to other yuccas that stay the same height and do not form a stalk. From the nursery tag: "Truly one of the most beautiful yuccas for the garden, and certainly the most cold hardy of the trunk forms. A short needled selection with striking baby-blue foliage that radiates out of the central stalk. In 10 years you can expect a 4-5' specimen. Dry Winter soils a must." This is the first year I have trimmed the brown lower needles and this revealed our trunk. It made the plant look much more impressive! The photo below is not our plant but shows what you can expect. I think we will have to find some more of these.

We have one of these Sapphire Skies Yucca plants and have now had it 2-3 years. It is doing great here in zone 5B (Mid Missouri)
It is a columnar yucca which forms a stalk as it grows and gets taller as opposed to other yuccas that stay the same height and do not form a stalk.

From the nursery tag: "Truly one of the most beautiful yuccas for the garden, and certainly the most cold hardy of the trunk forms. A short needled selection with striking baby-blue foliage that radiates out of the central stalk. In 10 years you can expect a 4-5' specimen. Dry Winter soils a must." This is the first year I have trimmed the brown lower needles and this revealed our trunk. It made the plant look much more impressive! The photo below is not our plant but shows what you can expect. I think we will have to find some more of these.

Post #745457 by 8FT Tiki on Tue, Jun 23, 2015 3:44 PM