Yucca filamentosa

I've long admired yucca (Yucca spp., family Asparagaceae). It was one of the most common flowering plants in farmhouse landscapes where I grew up in West Virginia. Indeed, it was common for yuccas to mark the site of long-abandoned homesteads reduced to nothing more than foundation stones.

I've long admired yucca (Yucca spp., family Asparagaceae) but realize many do not share my enthusiasm for these agave cousins. Indeed, searching the web using "yucca" as the keyword yields almost as many websites offering advice on how to kill it as how to grow it. Perhaps the developing interest in landscape plants that require little watering will influence the point of view.

I've long admired yucca (Yucca spp., family Asparagaceae) but realize many do not share my enthusiasm for these agave cousins. Indeed, searching the web using "yucca" as the keyword yields almost as many websites offering advice on how to kill it as how to grow it.