According to Lady Bird Johnson this is a "false yucca"

It is the Red-flowered false yucca, not a yucca at all, it is from the Century-Plant family. It is a hummingbird magnet from early spring till mid-summer. This "not a yucca" was across the way from the red prickly pear cactus I photographed earlier this week. I loved it's flower stalks reaching high to the blue sky! Former First Lady, Lady Bird Johnson loved wild flowers, she founded a wonderful wildflower garden center in central Texas. I'm confident they are correct about this. I've always, always called this plant a Red Yucca. I learned something today!

[Henri Russell]

These are beautiful. I am still waiting for my one stalk on each yucca to open up.

[Henri Russell]

@henrir I visited her flower garden a couple of years ago and I was very, very disappointed in it. It was really nothing special.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

365 was the first time I saw a red yucca and didn't even knew they existed. I was only familiar with the white ones. Well, now I know even more about the red yucca than I expected! I knew of Lady Bird's love for wildflowers as many of our interstate roads have wildflowers growing in the medians thanks to a program she established to have them planted there. Nice shot!

[Ali J]

Love the red flowers reaching up to the blue sky ... hopefully some hummingbirds will turn up another time ... and I also learnt too ... thank you Lou Ann :) fav

[KWind]

Such a pretty colour!

[Maggiemae]

Well, its very pretty and if its a wild flower, it will be seen on the Texas plains that we will be chugging our way across in a month!

[Babs]

Really interesting, we find out so much on 365.

[Lou Ann]

@henrir I visited the Wildflower center when it first opened, it was wonderful. Of course it was early spring, that might have had something to do with it. I'm sorry it is not wonderful now, and I'm surprised. I would have thought her girls would have kept it going strong in her honor.

[Lou Ann]

@olivetreeann Lady Bird did more to beautify our highways than anyone else ever has.

@alijchapman I hope to see a hummy next time I'm there!
@maggiemae you can buy these at nurseries but I have seen them growing wild in west Texas. @kwind Thank you!
@onewing 365 is quite an educational site!
Thanks everyone for your great comments and favs!

[Valerie Chesney]

New to me too, this is so lovely against the blue of the sky....

[Nicole Campbell]

I hope you get to capture it when the hummingbirds arrive

[Sam]

What a different looking "false yukka"!

[Claude Trew]

Beautiful colours, red against perfect blue sky.

[Connie Little]

The red of the false yukka looks great against the sky. It is a lovely plant.

[Lou Ann]

@littleconnie @claudiet @gigiflower @nicolecampbell @happysnaps Thank you so much for your nice comments and fav's. I wish this scene was closer to me, I would be there every day looking for a hummy. I'm so glad this made the PP, thank you!

[bkb in the city]

Very nice shot