Yucca rostrata Violet Flowering Plants The deeply-guttered grey-green upright

The deeply-guttered grey-green upright

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

deer-resistant foliage

evergreen perennial with brilliant yellow

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

Yucca rostrata Violet Flowering Plants The deeply-guttered grey-green uprightThis 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,