Yuccas are handsome evergreen plants native to the New World, particularly Central America and the Western half of the USA. In Louisiana, yuccas can often be found as ornamental plantings on old homesteads. Be on the lookout for them!
In 1998, three plants were collected from the north shore of Cross Lake. They were planted in a group under a very large loblolly pine. Today, we see that the yuccas are desirous of more sun. Of the two individual yuccas pictured above, the southernmost yucca, which receives full-sun, appears more robust, with a beautiful flower stalk. The non-flowering individual, which experiences the shade of an old redbud and two young red buckeyes, has a spindly appearance with the characteristic 'flaccid' leaves of this species. |
