Common name: Soft-Tip Yucca
Botanical name: Yucca gloriosa

This clumping palm relative will reach 10' to 15' tall and has large, green, sword-like leaves with white flowers in spring and summer. Its broad, medium green leaves blend with either tropical or desert theme landscapes.

Common name: Giant White Bird of Paradise
Botanical name: Strelitzia nicolai

This clumping evergreen perennial can reach 25' tall fairly quickly, forming a false trunk from the base of the leaves. The leaves are shaped like bananas, reaching 10' long with the widest part reaching 5'. It does best with fertilizer once a month and rich, well draining soil. It can be planted in full sun but will do better if it receives afternoon shade. The flowers can reach a size of 10"-12", but plants need to be a few years old before they will flower. Mostly grown for tropical effect of large leaves.