Cool indeed, what is that? Some kind of S. cylindrica?

Greg,
Yes.....you might even say a weapon of mass destruction! I hate it when you southern Californians with your year-around growing season show off your stuff like this; it makes this hillbilly seem so inadequate :-)
Mike in Tennessee

Wow, what a picture! Wish I had one like that in my garden. Looks like S. fischeri (used to be called singularis).

Is it a Sans suffruticosa, by any chance?
Scared Maggie

Oh to be able to grow those outdoors!

What a beauty. This really cheers me up in my -10F weather...

OK folks, I'll be honest with you. I never really dove into research with my Sans. I have some cool species that I have gotten from Grigsby's nursery over the years and most were numbered or the tags were lost. I will use my weekend to get other pics AND, hopefully the correct names for you. I feel so ashamed ;-).