Rewilding My Lot

A year ago I was gifted two Yellow Yucca (Hesperaloe parviflora) plants that were dug out of a friend’s garden. I was pleasantly surprised when in their first spring here, they both produced bloom spikes.

Yellow Yuccas (and Red Yuccas, their more common variant) generally bloom in spring and summer. However, one of mine is producing new blooms in November!

At the bottom of this young plant, there are at least two new leaf shoots, which indicates overall growth of this plant as well.

There are Red Yucca plants nearby that were planted in May 2023. I purchased just one 1-gallon pot and split the clumps into three portions. These have grown very well, although there were no blooms this year. In the photo below of my little succulent collection, the three original Red Yucca clumps are on the left. The two Yellow Yuccas are in the center of the stone area.

Behind the Yellow Yuccas is a Blue Twistleaf Yucca (Yucca rupicola x pallida), and to their right is a variegated American Century Plant (Agave americana). At the back of the stones on the left (hard to see) is a Spineless Prickly Pear (Opuntia ellisiana). All of those stones (and many more!) were dug out of the ground here — a gift from the builder!