more plant i.d's pretty please

dogstarheaven

i like the flower's on the yucca
does anyone know more about it's flowers, such as -

when does it flower, how long for, does it have a scent (what kind) and whether it's hardy.. tall order, but hopefully someone might know! thanks!

Joly_Roger

I've got one and it's about to flower now. The flower spike is about to open. I think it is supposed to be fragrant. I'd imagine it would last until mid August. It's definitely hardy, as it just survived THAT Winter (the worst, longest one in 30 years). Really needs to be planted in a dry area, ideally that gets sunshine. Many arid loving / succulent plants need dry conditions over winter to avoid rotting.

I've just created an arid zone in my garden with 5 bags of sharp sand to help drainage. I planted Yucca Filamentosa, Yucca Elephantipes (trunk is hardy, but defoliates over winter), Yucca Gloriosa, Agave Americana, Sedum Stonecrop, Aloe Vera which is flowering now (but is tender so I will dig it out before frosts) & Sedum Iceberg which flowers in the Autumn. Might plant a juvenile olive tree there too.

dogstarheaven

hi joly-roger! here's my thread about dry loving plants that i queried about https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2498301 for a windowbox that i've got at the front of the house. it's a alpine-ish display with houseleek, prostrate rosemary, sedums and saxifages (also transplanted some borage seedlings to add a bit of colour and bees!) after much research on this, i've come away with a bit more knowledge than i had about the exoticas that you've mentioned. unfortuantely, i don't have the space to grow the yucca in question as it appears to me that it prefers to be in the ground rather than pot-growing. all my plants are space-specific, such as my irises next to my med. herbs like rosemary, sage, thyme section. they'll the 'dry'/don't water me too much full sun area and the others, are part-shade/sunny plants - both are in the ground, and the rest of the other plants in pots.

last week, i'd helped my brother choose a coradylis australis for his replacement dead fir tree. it was such a surprise that this one has vanilla scented flowers which i never realised (think we got at a good deal £13 for a 2ft height with lots of leaves and emerging shoots).

going back to the OP's plants - i had hypericum once and it was such a bind for me to remove it's self-seeded offspring, esp. when it was in my paving slabs.. eventually after a few yrs, i managed to rid of it in the end.. it's great for the wildlife tho'