Yucca recurva Cousin It North American Native Plants we retreated through a series

we retreated through a series of uninteresting back roads until sighting this bizarre form of the common Alocasia macrorrhizos in the front yard of a small home

We've been busy dividing from the original and are finally able to offer it again

This bigeneric hybrid (pardanthopsis x belamcanda) makes a multi-fan clump of sword-like

And they transplant readily so the gardener can plant them where they are wanted

Colocasia 'Black Runner' is a first cousin and probably a mutation of the popular Colocasia Black Magic

Yucca recurva Cousin It North American Native Plants we retreated through a seriesThis bizarre yucca was shared with us by Florida plantsman, Alani Davis, who named it after finding it growing in Leon County, Florida. We are uncertain if this is a mutant wild form of the trunked Yucca recurvifolia, or an old hybrid with that species. Regardless, it's a cool garden plant that forms a 3' tall trunk in three years, topped with a large 3' tall head of narrow 4' long blue green, deer resistant leaves that weep more so than typical Yucca