Yucca rostrata Violet Flowering Plants it prefers moist soil

it prefers moist soil

In early March (NC) Carex 'Hime' is topped with an attractive show of weeping

000' elevation Kaibab Plateau

The clump is adorned with hundreds of red-violet (RHS 66A) flowers celebrated by hummingbirds from early May through November here in NC

the 6' long stalks are topped with 20" long terminal spires of bright red

Yucca rostrata Violet Flowering Plants it prefers moist soilThis is truly one of the most elegant (and user friendly) deer resistant yuccas for the garden, and certainly one of the most hardy of the trunk forming species. The narrow, powder blue foliage radiates out from the head of the central stalk like one of those "Rostrata farian" hairdos. In 10 years, expect a 4' trunked specimen (eventually to 10'+) that will branch with age much faster in alkaline soils. The species name rostrata refers to the fruit,