Yucca rostrata Violet Flowering Plants and in even lower light

and in even lower light

000' elevation Kaibab Plateau

The research into whether the abundance of motor oil in these sites is actually essential for plant growth has been inconclusive

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

The deeply-guttered grey-green upright

Yucca rostrata Violet Flowering Plants and in even lower lightThis 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,