I’ve been adding a number of plant shows. I got some help from Sandra Jones of Broward Orchid Supply. You can click on “likes” at the bottom of the list. Two big festivals are coming up, the winter sale at Mounts Botanical Garden and one at the Edison Ford Estate, both on the same weekend, Feb 11 – 12. Sorry I was late in posting the Venice Orchid Show going on this weekend (Feb 4-5).

I know the weed at the bottom is oxalis. I will do a better job of weeding before taking pictures of my plants. I wasn’t quite sure if this species was flaccida or filamentosa, but filamentosa’s leaves are considerably longer. Both are called Adam’s needle. Ultimately, it will produce a large panicle of creamy white flowers, which I expect will attract bees and butterflies.

It is both cold and drought tolerant. The hardiness range is from USDA zone 4 to 10, so Miami (Zone 10b) is at the edge of the hardiness zone, but it’s certainly a very happy camper to our northern neighbors. It does fine in full of partial sun. Although very hardy, it will not do well if overwatered.

Yucca is both the common name and the genus name. Just don’t call it an agave, which is a separate genus. They both belong to the Asparagaceae family of which asparagus, its namesake, is a member, but in it own genus, asparagus. A side note: Everybody from Ben Franklin to Marcel Proust had something to say eating asparagus (from Wikipedia).

Color guard yuccas are slow growers. They can grow to 2 to 3 feet tall and will produce offshoot. My plant is probably too young to start generating offshoots. I will update this post when I get flowers.

One website calls this droopy yucca as some leaves will droop down as it grows.

Happy gardening,

Dave