Do you prune or trim back the dead stem that once had the flowers? Appears to hollow out and become brittle. I pruned mine back. Hopefully a new one blossoms.
Genus name comes from the Carbi name for manihot, also called cassava or yuca, which is not closely related but has similarly enlarged root structures. Specific epithet means with filaments or threads.
Do you prune or trim back the dead stem that once had the flowers? Appears to hollow out and become brittle. I pruned mine back. Hopefully a new one blossoms.
The leaves, stems, and roots of this plant can be used to stun fish. The Cherokee used it for this purpose.
Genus name comes from the Carbi name for manihot, also called cassava or yuca, which is not closely related but has similarly enlarged root structures. Specific epithet means with filaments or threads.
Yuccas are great 👍🏼
Natives used fibers in the leaves for cords and actually used the roots of this plant as shampoo.
Children's garden?
'Color Guard' is a readily available, brightly variegated cultivar of Yucca filamentosa. This showy cultivar makes an excellent accent plant.
they develop tough, pointed, sword-shaped leaves that grow in whorls
'Color Guard' is a cultivar with yellow variegation down the center which turns rose in cold weather.
This plant can be propagated by either seed or removed suckers.
This plant is valued in horticulture for its architectural qualities.
Plagiarized from Google.
Those are everywhere in Virginia or the outer banks
Native Americans used its fibers for cords and cloth as well as their roots for shampoo.
Pollinated by a specific type of moth called the yucca moth, _Tegeticula yuccasella_
This plant is rather easy to identify, there is not really another plant like it.
This plant is virtually pest and disease free
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This plant can be extremely harmful to pets such as dogs and cats.