As a Montana native, I’m prepared for the weather to yank me out of summer and flop me directly into a snowbank at any given moment. As a matter of survival, I have a coat stashed away in my car and truck at all times.
Plants, on the other hand, face all of this harsh
weather treatment shirtless and with their pants pulled down.
This is not always a winning strategy.
So, a week ago, here at the ragged end of fall, I
discovered that one of the native soapweed yucca plants in my yard had shot
forth a flower spike with an array of flowers preparing to bloom.
A little late, pal.
Flowering is a June activity for yucca. A bloom
stalk appearing in early October is therefore a botanical curveball. I’m not
sure how to explain it. We have been unusually mild this fall. I'm wondering
if this has somehow fooled the plant in some manner.
I’m sharing a photograph of the yucca. Given our
upcoming cold, I wonder how far the flowers will develop before the entire
collection of us is flung into a snowbank.
—Mitchell Hegman
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