Yucca x gloriosa 'Variegata'
Tony Avent, owner of Plant Delights Nursery has gone yucca plant crazy and has assembled a large and varied selection of yucca plants...several uncommon species like Yucca reverchonii and Yucca linearifolia plus many variegated yuccas like Yucca 'Tiny Star' and 'Color Guard'.Yucca plants offer a southwest architectural form with their straight, spiny leaves radiating out from a single point.
Some yucca plants have a short trunk and look like a miniature palm tree. They all form a beautiful rosette of deer-resistant leaves that may be green, yellow, blue or variegated.
In the summer Yucca plants are topped by a beautiful inflorescence of large white or pinkish flowers that attract butterflies and hummingbirds. Most yucca plants can tolerate drought but cannot tolerate heavy, wet soils, especially in winter. However, one species in particular, Yucca filamentosa, is widely adaptable over much of the US.
Try pairing yucca with comparable desert plants like agave and aloe or contrast them with colorful flowering plants like achillea, allium, alstroemeria, callibrachoa, echinacea plants, verbena, and manettia.
