R's rue

 Lord You keep  Dealing  Body blows I guess If dreams Are to happen You are The Only Way  It will happen Soften my heart Cause either I want  Too much Or I’m  Putting my faith Where it is Not needed from R's rue https://ift.tt/C80sboB

When it comes to garden plants, I don't pay them a lot of attention - unless they are vegetables or bear edible fruit. Otherwise, I like plants that fill spaces and look after themselves - often competing for pre-eminence - as in wild Nature. I cannot remember when we planted two spiky plants in one of our borders - nor where we acquired them. They have just been there, managing to survive in spite of the shade and the competition.But a week ago I noticed that one of those plants was starting to push out some kind of flowering spike. It had never happened before. That flowering spike is quite large - around five feet. And so I became curious. What on earth is this plant that dares to create such a display?  I could be wrong and plant experts like Steve Reed or Poppy Patchwork could easily correct me but I think the plant is a yukka filamentosa - sometimes known as Adam's Needle. It is, I believe, native to the south-eastern states of America. Recently we have been having some v...