I wish mine would never flower. It will this spring start to send up a flower stock. Nothing you do will stop it. It is well established now and will flower and die. The surrounding pups will take over and flower the following year or you may see several flower stocks together. Just like their agave cousins they look bad after flowering and start to dry up.

It certainly looks lush. I don’t have any yucca and know ZERO about them. Could it be a lighting thing? As in not enough light? I’m just thinking of those that I’ve seen in the desert in flower. Those get hours & hours of direct sunlight all day long. Maybe this is a different kind of yucca?

I was thinking the same thing, SoCal Stewart. The way it is next to the house- maybe it is in a place where it doesn't get enough direct sunlight.

Its not a light thing, ive seen theese north facing, total shade under tree make lush inflorescence , the plant itself looks kinda weak, but not shabby compared to other plants. Hell, mine bloomed, and its left alone for a few years, no care whatsoever. No watering, no extra sun, no fertilizer, nothing.

I was thinking light too because this is north facing..Gets 4 hours of sun. The one down the street is in total shade..under a big tree and flowers every so often. I tempted to take one and plant it out back in full sun to see the difference.

Well here it is May 2019. A nice evergreen that doesn't shed.

It's supposed to be adams needle and got much bigger then I expected. I think because I watered it too much!

Yuccas generally bloom about every three years. They absolutely do not die after flowering. Patience.

These type of Yuccas do die. Right down to the roots. The roots will however produce new pups that will get large and bloom some day.

I stand corrected. I had not been aware of ANY monocarpic yuccas. Good that it offsets at least.

Thank you. I've been in this argument before. The tree yuccas of course keep going on. Some times a huge clump will seem to keep living but that particular stem will die and will be noticed the following year as a dead section inside of the clump.

This should be the year it flowers then! It's the biggest plant in the neighbourhood now.. I should buy one of the colour guard yuccas and see how it does.

Matt, I think it's just a matter of maturity, and yours is still a teenager. That species up here is flowering now, too, but there are many which are the same size as yours that aren't flowering.

ETA - it's certainly of a size I'd expect to flower, but sometimes a plant will make us wait past our expectations. It's not from a lack of growing well.

Yea!!! Enjoy it, Matt!

More pictures to follow (I hope)?

Thanks Crenda! YESS sure will, I'll add some later in the week.

Here is an update

Any day now! The taller flower spike is already 6 feet tall.

07/4/19

Lookin' good!

Congratulations Matt. Your patience has paid off. Great growing!

In regard to an earlier exchange with Stush2049, I now have Y. pallida forming new growth points after blooming.

I was under the impression that the only Yucca that was monocarpic was Y. whipplei ( Lords Candle) that grows in Anzo- Borego desert. I think they changed the name to Hesperoyucca whipplei. I could be wrong.

Sadly my beautiful variegated Yucca flowered and now will go into decline. It will takes years for the pups to reach that beauty.

Wanted to show a picture but can't seem to find it. Had this plants for many years and the most I can get is one really nice plant then blooms and dies. Sends a few pups but seems only one takes over and repeats every 3 years or so.

Now the all green one, I call the plant from hell, comes up every year which I cut out and now sends up about 5 different spots trying to emerge. Tried Round up and still every year it keeps coming.