Yucca rostrata 5a Asclepias incarnata prefers moist-to-soggy soils

Asclepias incarnata prefers moist-to-soggy soils but fares well in typical garden soils

evergreen fronds emanating from a central point

Our seed-grown nursery propagated plants are all flowering size

Despite being nursery seed propagated from long cultivated plants at JLBG

or drain poorly

Yucca rostrata 5a Asclepias incarnata prefers moist-to-soggy soilsThis is truly one of the most elegant (and user friendly) deer resistant yuccas for the garden, and certainly one of the most hardy of the trunk forming species. The narrow, powder blue foliage radiates out from the head of the central stalk like one of those "Rostrata farian" hairdos. In 10 years, expect a 4' trunked specimen (eventually to 10'+) that will branch with age much faster in alkaline soils. The species name rostrata refers to the fruit,