Wednesday Vignette: A Whole New Life

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  My late lamented Yucca linearifolia has a whole new life as Addams Family Cousin Itt, just in time for Halloween. 
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  1. rusty duckOctober 21, 2015 at 1:55 AM

    Eeeek...

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  2. SaursOctober 21, 2015 at 2:45 AM

    That is far more brilliant than it ought to be.

    I love playing with dead plant matter: oversized and now skeletonized flower stems, bulbous root crowns, thorny canes. Cactguy hosted a fall earth sculpture event last year that used such materials to great effect, and who can forget Floramagoria's orange bamboo? I've done the same with the thickest canes off a Dahlia imperialis. Apart from rooting when you don't want them to (and that's after a season or two's worth of drying out), they're a nice, if flimsier substitute.

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    1. Hoover BooOctober 21, 2015 at 3:15 PM

      I have several Aloe marlothii flower skeletons. Candelabras!

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    2. Hoover BooOctober 21, 2015 at 4:36 PM

      and thanks for the link. Cool stuff.

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  3. Mark and GazOctober 21, 2015 at 3:04 AM

    Good humour has replaced the loss. I said Cousin Itt instantly then I read your caption!

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  4. AlanOctober 21, 2015 at 4:29 AM

    Fantastic! =D Nice way of turning a negative into a positive, albeit a short-termed one!

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  5. outlawgardenerOctober 21, 2015 at 7:24 AM

    Thanks for the morning laugh! Cousin Itt looks quite fetching in his western garb! Love Itt!

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    1. Hoover BooOctober 21, 2015 at 3:18 PM

      Maybe a toy gunbelt, so Itt can be an Outlaw, too?

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  6. danger gardenOctober 21, 2015 at 9:14 AM

    OMG...you nailed it. So So So excellent!

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  7. Gerhard Bock (Succulents and More)October 21, 2015 at 9:30 AM

    This is BRILLIANT! I got a good laught out of it. Absolutely perfect for Halloween.

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  8. Renee FraserOctober 21, 2015 at 10:47 AM

    So very clever! It's perfect.

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    1. Hoover BooOctober 21, 2015 at 3:20 PM

      I thought the Elvis cape would be going to far. ;^)

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  9. Janneke October 21, 2015 at 11:12 AM

    Good idea to give your Yucca linearifolia a second life, so funny.






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  10. Sammie070502October 21, 2015 at 2:08 PM

    Awesome! I love it (Itt)!

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  11. Kris PetersonOctober 21, 2015 at 3:37 PM

    I love Itt! I don't suppose you can hang on to it for use in future years?

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    1. Hoover BooOctober 21, 2015 at 4:34 PM

      I'm wondering/hoping if Itt can come back from a root. I got a new 'Bright Star' and several dozen 'Margaritaville' that way.

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  12. NellOctober 21, 2015 at 7:29 PM

    Have been gathering images of spooky-looking plants on a pin board, but this one won't make the cut because Itt just makes me laugh too hard. Brilliant save. Hope the Y. linearifolia can come back, though I imagine that would be a multi-year process?

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    1. Hoover BooOctober 22, 2015 at 3:31 AM

      Not more than a decade, I should think. But worth the wait, surely!

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  13. Anna KOctober 21, 2015 at 9:03 PM

    Oh, that is simply BRILLIANT!!!! And it made me laugh - love it! :D

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  14. LuisaOctober 22, 2015 at 12:45 AM

    OMG, ZZ Top is in your garden!! And the plants in the background frame him (Itt?) perfectly. An absolute scream ;~)

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    1. Hoover BooOctober 22, 2015 at 3:33 AM

      All kinds of screams are good for Halloween. :^)

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  15. Casa MariposaOctober 22, 2015 at 5:56 PM

    Love it!! Very clever. :o)

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