Yucca rupicola Groundcovers topped with bright red tubular

topped with bright red tubular flowers beginning in late summer and continuing into fall

lavender-blue flowers

Although Carex muskingumensis 'Oehme' emerges green

Bambusa multiplex 'Fernleaf' is highly prized as a short

topping out at 3' tall

Yucca rupicola Groundcovers topped with bright red tubularYucca rupicola is a clump forming, deer resistant yucca is native only to a small area in the Edwards Plateau region of Texas, where we found it growing atop very dry rocky banks with liatris and vernonia. The Latin root "rupicola" means "living among rocks", which is spot on. Yucca rupicola is prized for the wide green leaves which twist like we did last summer, forming a wild looking clump that reminds me of those delightfully silly, over moussed