Yucca rostrata 'Sapphire Skies'
My sunny beds in the new garden are few and far between, but I found room by the Lion King rock for my cool new acquisition, this Yucca rostrata ‘Sapphire Skies.’
This is becoming a silver-blue, purple, and orange bed, with ‘Powis Castle’ artemesia, ‘Goblin’ gaillardia (both visible in this image), purple-leaf acacia tree, knife-leaf acacia, orange bulbine, ‘Wonderful’ pomegranate, ‘Adagio’ miscanthus, Jerusalem sage, fall aster, Texas mountain laurel, and Texas sedge. It’s all tiny now, but I see it as a mixture of hot flowers and frosty foliage in just a few seasons.
I’m determined to find room in there for Mexican flame vine and silver ponyfoot too. Ooh la la!
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Pam, there is always more plants we want to fit in! I do admire the beds which look wonderful because they only have a few repeated beautiful plants but I can’t bring myself to plant one. I want lots of different plants, I am trying to repeat a few of my favourite plants – not sure how long that will last! Lovely picture.
Best wishes Sylvia (England)
Hi Pam, I like the combination of Yucaa with artemesia. They both have that nice round form and the leaf contrast works nicely. Gailthose babies will be bigger
What a beauty.
That yucca will certainly make a statement. Did you get the Mexican flame vine? Are you going to grow it as a low growing plant as seen at Buckeye or a vine as seen at Academy? I liked both.
As a vine. Ground level will soon be full. I didn’t buy it yet though. When the budget allows I’m going to have the fence behind this bed replaced, and I’ll plant the vine on it afterward. —Pam
Pam,
It’s looks great! I’m glad you found something new to enjoy!
Your previous post brought back “ironic” memories of my own. When we moved to Katy, hubby went ahead of us and bought a house without me even seeing it in person (daughter and I were both trying to graduate, sell house, find temporary place to live, etc.) The house was new construction, and only came with sod in front, so hubby had to pay a bunch extra to get them to sod the back. Once I finally got there, we started planning the back yard, and I decided on a big tropical island bed with a pond in the center, beds along the fence and around the patio, and granite pathways in between – no grass! Hubby then had to pay someone $500 to remove all the sod that he had just paid extra to have installed!(he loved that tropical paradise though, and being able to mow the front in less than 30 minutes!)
That sounds like something we would do, Becky. I’m glad your hubby came around to your vision. Great story! —Pam
Pam, that sounds gorgeous, and very similar to the plantings I’ve put in my sunny bed out front. I love orange and silver together, and adding purple only makes it better. Jerusalem Sage is one that I’ve been wanting for some time now; I love that fuzzy leaf and bright yellow bloom. And there’s always room for Silver Ponyfoot, right? That sounds like a gorgeous bed, can’t wait to watch it flourish.
Hot flowers and frosty foliage — sounds lovely. But you left out the hot and sweaty gardener, which you must be if you are out in it today! I am, that’s for sure. Can’t wait to watch that Sapphire Skies come into her own.
I was in the heat in the morning, before the caving field trip. Ugh, it was too hot to be digging. —Pam
Lord, I always have a list of plants in my head. Where on earth I think I’m going to put them all, I don’t know. Have to start on the roof next. But then, you’ve already done a post on that, haven’t you!
Brenda
I have, Brenda, but in the next few years the roof on this house must be replaced too. So I’ll be biting my nails over the garden’s safety again then. —Pam
Now I know why you liked my orange tulips. I do like the addition of the silver leavening with the purple and orange.
I’m into bold and bright, Linda, but it looks best tempered with silvers. I agree that hotter colors work better in hot zones like ours. —Pam
Pam, is the Sapphire in the name because of the blue in the leaves or is the blooms blue? Please say the blooms are blue. I would love to have a yucca with blue blooms.
Sorry, Bob, it’s due to the leaf color. The blooms are still white. —Pam