I went out on the back hillside this afternoon to get photographs of the Yucca filamentosa with its spears emerging, soon to be blossoms. Those spears resemble the asparagus that is growing in the vegetable garden, several feet away. Much to my surprise, as I was searching the Internet for information on Yuccas, I discovered that they’re in the asparagus family, Asparagaceae.
Why is this species of Yucca called filamentosa? You can see why, in this second image from this afternoon. Oodles of threadlike filaments curling from the leaves.
A month from now there will be gorgeous Yucca blooms. Bringing me pure pleasure.
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