Rewilding My Lot

In May 2023 I planted Red Yucca (Hesperaloe parviflora), which is confusingly not a yucca, but rather a member of the Century-Plant family.

I wanted a way to use some of the stones that are abundant in the ground here (a builder “gift”!), and so I made a rock pile with three soil hollows that would function as pots. I bought one healthy looking Red Yucca plant that had four growing points and split the roots into three portions that I planted in the rock pile hollows.

Here are some photos of that construction process back in May:

The two biggest plants immediately settled in, but the two small ones that shared a space took a bit longer to look happy. They all came through the summer drought successfully with virtually no care, and now they all look strong and are growing new leaves.

Here are more recent photos: