Went Out To Capture Spring
Learned A Couple Of Things
Over the years, I have captured dozens of Red Yucca images. Discovered something new this last photo walk. There is a difference between adolescent plants and matured plants. In addition, while researching for this blog I learned that red yucca (Hesperaloe parviflora) is actually a century plant. And looking at the Latin nomenclature for this plant, I see the word aloe.
The adolescent Red Yucca has bright red scarlet inflorescence like the speciment below.
Adolescent Red Yucca
The adolescent plant was added to a landscape just recently. At least since they have been planted I can verify by actually "seeing" them installed that it has been less than one year, yet cannot speak about their age before planting. I believe the plants were loaded with hormones as well to encourage flowering.
The image below of an older Red Yucca included in a different landscape down the street is quite a different color.
Older more mature Red Yucca
The matured plant is a number of years old because I have been walking past it for ages. Any forced hormone effect would have dissipated by now and the red is noticeably softened and the flowers display a strong yellow at full bloom. Had not noticed a difference in colors between young and old plants before so I felt it was worth noting in a post.
