Ron B - Amazing that you identified it without any pictures. I sent the attached picture to a friend, who ran it by someone on Dave's Garden, and...
Attempting to attach pictures---Actually, this may well be cordyline australis, as suggested before.
Cordyline australis looks quite exotic! Unfortunatley, it is not my plant. I fear my description is not adequate. So, I do have some pictures,...
The leaves are at the top of the stem. I was checking out yuccas on line; this plant has soft, flexible leaves, not stiff or spiny. No prickly...
Three years ago I planted a palm-like plant (yucca-like?) in my yard in Sacramento. It had been in a pot and was not quite a foot high. I was...