Is there a 'brag' area on these forums? My awesome Mom-in-law works for the city in our town and has a friend who owns property up for demolition. The house has been condemned and the yard has some beautifully established (badly overgrown) plants. I got the go ahead to go in there with a shovel, gloves, and clippers!! I took my very awesome hubby with me and went a little crazy!! What did I get? ** About 10 Yucca tree plants! (Yucca treculeana Carr... I looked that up...) Some not flowering yet, but some definitely have. ** 2 hugemungeous clumps of Peonies! No idea what color they are. ** 1 very large Butterfly Bush! ** Some very tall type of Anemone! Not sure what they're called, but my neighbour has them and they're beautiful. ** A hugemungeos root clump of Orange Trumpet Creeper! I cut all the plants right down and took only the roots, made for easier shipping to our house... Looking forward to planting all this stuff in this nice cool weather... Just had to share this with the only people in the world who could truly appreciate it... my fellow gardeners...
Not to rain on the parade but are you sure a common yucca is not being mistaken for a rare one? I've never heard of Y. treculeana, was not surprised to see only one source--Cistus nursery, near Portland, OR--given for it in PLANT LOCATOR - WESTERN REGION (Black-Eyed Susans/Timber). I would be interested to find out if this is the same as a small treelike yucca with shortish leaves seen here and there in Seattle. Probably most items will survive the move but perhaps not all. If the butterfly bush is B. davidii it might be just as well if it didn't, this has made a pest of itself in this region and the time is approaching when it is likely to become prohibited.
No rain on my parade here... always open to more info... I just looked up a picture of the Yucca, it's one I've seen in many yards. I just did a Google search and that's the name that was attached to it. I may have gotten the wrong name... This is what it looks like... same as the one in this link: http://www.wilsonbrosnursery.com/YuccaAdamsNeedlePhoto.jpg Sorry, I think it might be called a Filamentosa... Just did another Google search I'm not used to using all these big fancy names... Yucca is a Yucca to me. The Butterfly Bush is the one you mentioned. I had no idea it was a pest. I plan on cutting it right down every year and splitting it to keep it small. They smell so nice and attract many hummingbirds in our area. Looks like this one: http://greenwoodnursery.com/Images/butterflybushmain.jpg
Yucca filamentosa is very common here and what would be expected. Butterfly bush I don't think you can expect to be able to split up. Prune to a low framework in March to control size. To controal reseedking remove spent flowerheads as they finish blooming.