This is where it all started. This bed sort of does its own thing. In early spring there's red tulip & grape hyacins & bright yellow daffodils. Coreopsis seem to be the main boss this year so far.

The yuccas are hand-me-downs from my Aunt Barb. Soon they will be in bloom. The yellow daylilies too will be showing off soon & the purple coneflowers will compliment them.

The ground is hard as rock clay but these plants welcome us home every day.

My Aunt Barb gave me a couple young yucca plants a few years back. I have accidentally partially burned them up once. Ron buried them alive in snow last year by dumping the end-loader bucket full of snow onto them. They are just keep coming back & surviving nicely.

These are grow anywhere & ignore plants. The flower stalks will grow up to 6' tall. I've found out Yucca roots go to China & trying to get rid of a yucca plant is next to impossible unless you use prolonged, repeated doses of Round-up. It is a very useful plant for dry, hot spaces/places.

There are several cultivars of Yuccas:
Blue Sword / blue green foliage
Bright Edge / the leaves are edged with yellow.
Color Guard / white & cream leaves are edged with green
Garland Gold (which I have never seen) / the leaves have a gold stripe down the middle.
Golden Sword / leaves have a yellow center.
And more, I'm sure. I have 3 kinds in my gardens & enjoy them all.

Broad-leaved evergreen shrub
Hardy Zones 4 - 9
Loves full blazing sun
Ht 2-3'

These wonderful blooms greeted me when I got home from the National Hosta Convention in June. I still have my "Bus Captain" whistle & my name badge on in the picture. I had to run right away to see them. I didn't want to be gone from home 4 days in June. I was afraid I would miss things blooming.

One thing is for sure; the garden is ever-changing.

We lost the small wild tree that grew here changing the growing micro-climate. Somehow everything became over-grown quickly. This spring we worked on a Bed #1 reclamation.