{"id":7286,"date":"2015-09-09T09:10:06","date_gmt":"2015-09-09T16:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogadmin.plantlust.com\/blog\/?p=7286"},"modified":"2024-01-24T07:21:06","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T15:21:06","slug":"yellow-on-green-part-2-the-spikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plantlust.com\/blog\/gardens\/yellow-on-green-part-2-the-spikes\/","title":{"rendered":"Yellow on Green, Part 2 – the spikes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week<\/a> I shared a few of my favorite yellow variegated plants, the\u00a0soft\u00a0ones. The ones that don’t want to draw blood or poke your eye out. This week stand back, grab a band-aid and (hopefully) enjoy as we look at the spikes…<\/p>\n

This gorgeous Agave lophantha was a gift from a\u00a0fellow Agave-addict, Gerhard<\/a>. It was a pup from his plant, and just a year into living here, in my garden, I see it’s already sending out four pups at it’s base. You’ve got to love a plant that makes you more free plants.
\n\"Agave<\/a><\/p>\n

I believe the difference is between Agave lophantha and\u00a0Agave lophantha ‘Quadricolor’<\/a>\u00a0is that on quadricolor the edges are\u00a0a lovely pinkish red, which intensifies in the winter.
\n\"Agave<\/a><\/p>\n

Agave americana ‘Variegata’<\/a>, the “gold standard”…
\n\"Agave<\/a><\/p>\n

Thanks to my brother who lives in Arizona I’ve got almost a dozen of these, but this is the biggest.
\n\"Agave<\/a><\/p>\n

Agave desmettiana \u2018Joe Hoak\u2019<\/a> – he’s looking a little droopy. Must look into that!
\n\"Agave<\/a><\/p>\n

Agave desmettiana ‘Variegata’<\/a>, my oldest Agave. It’s spent its 12 years with me in a container. I keep wondering when\/if it will bloom.
\n\"Agave<\/a><\/p>\n

Echinocactus grusonii<\/a>, surely those yellow spikes count as a sort of variegation?
\n\"Echinocactus<\/a><\/p>\n

But I suppose I’m pushing it to call the glochids on the Opuntia microdasys<\/a>\u00a0variegation? Nah!…
\n\"Opuntia<\/a><\/p>\n

Think a Phormium\u00a0isn’t spiky? Tell that to my right eye. I stabbed it with the tip of a phormium leaf and tore into the tissue. It took years to heal, every morning after opening my eyes I would unconsciously \u00a0rub them and bam! Sticky morning eyes would tear away the newly formed tissue covering the divot. Be careful out there\u00a0in the garden!
\n\"Phormium<\/a><\/p>\n

I do wish I could tell you which Phormium this is, maybe\u00a0P. ‘Yellow Wave’<\/a> or P. ‘Apricot Queen’<\/a>?
\n\"Phormium<\/a><\/p>\n

On to the Yuccas! Yucca aloifolia ‘Variegata’<\/a>, or at least that’s what I was told when I purchased it.
\n\"Yucca<\/a><\/p>\n

It really doesn’t get any easier than Yucca filamentosa \u2018Color Guard\u2019<\/a>.
\n\"Yucca<\/a><\/p>\n

Luckily I love them.
\n\"Yucca<\/a><\/p>\n

This was a big box store purchase that was mislabeled. I think we’ve decided it’s Yucca gloriosa ‘Variegata’<\/a>.
\n\"Yucca<\/a><\/p>\n

Yucca recurvifolia ‘Margaritaville’<\/a>, this one bloomed the first year I had it, but never since. What’s up with that?
\n\"Yucca<\/a><\/p>\n

So…what are your favorite\u00a0yellow variegated plants? Spiky or soft…
\n\"Yucca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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