No idea what this is
Hey guys, recently moved into a new house and had these in the landscape. Trying to figure out what they are and how to maintain them.
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I'm pretty sure those are yucca -- adam's needle. They will send up very tall stalks that look a bit like giant asparagus, then open cream-white bell-like blossoms. Practically care-free except to remove lower leaves if they die and the woody flower stalks which die after blooming. I think only thing that would phase them is too much water.
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Found this post from June 3, 2014, so I would call that early summer. But it would depend on where you are located.
Subject: Yucca
(I believe yucca root is edible as wild forage -- can't remember how they are prepared though. Must be good somehow because a groundHog ate most of the roots in another location. Yucca root extract is used for some cosmetics and as wetting agent for organic potting mixes)
Subject: Yucca
...no this is not grass. Don't trim the leaves back.applestar wrote:My Yuccas are sending up flower stalks that are looking like asparagus spears
(I believe yucca root is edible as wild forage -- can't remember how they are prepared though. Must be good somehow because a groundHog ate most of the roots in another location. Yucca root extract is used for some cosmetics and as wetting agent for organic potting mixes)