As I’ve been travelling up and down the driveway lately, my eyes have been cast down, enjoying the Hibiscus flowers that have been blooming on my little shrub.
But I should have looked up, at least once or twice over the past few weeks on my way to or from work. Finally, I did today and noticed (to my absolute delight) that I too can grow flowers on spiky plants.
I know I’m a little late to Becky’s Spiky Squares during March, but I’m sure she will forgive me.
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This is one of my Yuccas which is a genus of perennial shrubs and trees in the Asparagaceae, family of plants. I have a few other plants that belong to the Asparagaceae family, and I must say, I was quite surprised to read the Yucca is a relation. All that aside, my good friend Denise gave me two to Yuccas to plant in my front garden when I had nothing to plant there.
Two years down the track, they are big and beautiful, and now one is in flower. I can stop being jealous of all the other gardens that are currently festooned with flowering Yuccas.
(Click here to see the before and after photos of how these plants have grown.)
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This is also my next entry for the Flower of the Day (FOTD) photo challenge hosted by Cee’s Photography.
How fabulous that you have a blooming yucca!
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Hi Nancy 🙂 it was amazing, for the couple of weeks that it lasted 😦
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This is beautiful, love the backdrop of the blue sky. I had one of these plants, it took over the space.
Pat
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😊 I can understand. Will need to cut this one back when the flower has finished blooming.
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It is super cool. 😀 😀
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Thanx Cee, and it will be incredible when it opens fully – I’m guessing approx. three feet tall. More photos will follow 🙂
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Lovely. I have a photo of a yucca today, but not mine, although I do have one. It might take a few years to reach the flowering stage though!
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I can hardly wait for it to open, I think it’s going to be a stunner.
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Glorious!
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Thanx Debbie. 😊
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Thanx Becky. Work had been crazy, but a necessary evil we can’t live without.
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Oh this is a wonderful late surprise and I agree cool! So so happy you’ve been able to join us 😊
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Thanx Becky. I’ll share some more photos when the flowers open fully.
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Gorgeous! I saw one from northern California that a friend took a photo of on Facebook. Beautiful! Lucky you.
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Thank you Jen 😊
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