Yucca rupicola Bulgaria They bloom for about six

They bloom for about six months but are not self-cleaning and the spent flower stalks are retained until a tidy minded gardener comes along and trims them off

strap-like

Amorphophallus titanum is the Holy Grail of the plant kingdom

and nearly black fruit (resembling an eight ball)

We first met Aspidistra elatior 'Akebono' in 1996

Yucca rupicola Bulgaria They bloom for about sixYucca rupicola is a clump forming, deer resistant yucca is native only to a small area in the Edwards Plateau region of Texas, where we found it growing atop very dry rocky banks with liatris and vernonia. The Latin root "rupicola" means "living among rocks", which is spot on. Yucca rupicola is prized for the wide green leaves which twist like we did last summer, forming a wild looking clump that reminds me of those delightfully silly, over moussed