Yucca recurvifolia
is another one of those handsome 'hardy exotics' which will survive almost
anywhere in the British Isles. In their book Agaves, Yuccas and Related
Plants Mary and Gary Irish describe it as 'among the most ornamentally
versatile yuccas... Its broad and recurving leaves can lend an exotic
almost tropical touch to gardens with regular, but not extremely cold,
freezing weather.' The leaves have
vicious terminal spines which make weeding around them quite literally
a pain. In order for the plant to look its best it is necessary to remove
the skirt of dead leaves from the upper sections of the trunks. |