Hydrangea - Spectaular View

Yesterday as my husband and I came from having lunch we drove through Hallowell and the most beautiful site of flowering Hydrangea were in full bloom. They stand in front of the cemetary bordering the road. Every year we enjoy them so thought you might like to see a spectacular sight. This morning the sun was shining after yesterday's rain so I decided to take a jaunt in early this morning as the sun was coming up and before I started my usual Monday cleaning and laundry.This is a picture of the row and of course I could no way get all of them. I took time to count and was surprised that their were 80 bushes. A company out of Massachusetts cuts them each year. You are fined if you are caught taking any. Below is a close up view. They are shrubs of the saxifrage family, with opposite usually serrate leaves and large showy clusters of white, blue or pink flowers. The color depends on the soil. These bushes do very well here in Maine and display a colorful array each year for us to behold.

Yucca Plant Named

Thanks to Beth ....my flower has been named...It is a Yucca plant....see info below...copied from encyclopedia...I was given a bunch of them and this is the only one that survived (in my last post)...you do not see many around...there is one in Gardiner that I have enjoyed watching and produces many spikes although this year there is none for some reason.

The yuccas comprise the genus Yucca of 40-50 species of perennials, shrubs, and trees in the agave family Agavaceae, notable for their rosettes of evergreen, tough, sword-shaped leaves and large terminal clusters of white or whitish flowers. They are native to the hot and dry parts of North America, Central America, and the West Indies.
Yuccas have a very specialized pollination system, being pollinated by the yucca moth; the insect purposefully transfers the pollen from the stamens of one plant to the stigma of another, and at the same time lays an egg in the flower; the moth larva then eats some of the developing seeds, but far from all.
Yuccas are widely grown as ornamental plants in gardens. Many yuccas also bear edible parts, including fruits, seeds, flowers, flowering stems, and more rarely roots, but use of these is sufficiently limited that references to yucca as food more often than not stem from confusion with the similarly spelled but botanically unrelated yuca.
Dried yucca has the lowest ignition temperature of any wood, making it desirable for fire-starting.
The "yucca flower" is the state flower of New Mexico. No species name is given in the citation.

Flowers

I added these today, Sunday- 20th...they are fuller and also you can see the full plant. It is being held up by stakes because it is so tall.
My husband said come and see...4 beautiful blossoms...

Can you Name it? I have been watching this plant and in one day, Friday, 18th..this is what happened. The blossoms were there all of a sudden...It is so pretty....I thought someone said it was a Yucca plant. But not sure of spelling or if that is right. I did try to find it online but was unsuccessful and I should have take a picture of the bottom so you could see. Maybe someone can tell me... It was pouring rain and I was afraid it would not stay so went out and took this and captured the rain drops...how amazing is that!!

We, in Maine, are getting ready for the Maine Quilt Show to be held in Augusta July 24-27 by the Pine Tree Quilters Guild. Today was the day that quilts were dropped off at several points all over the state that will be displayed at the show. I was blessed to be part of a team of gals receiving 50 beautiful quilts. They are checked in and made sure they have a 4" sleeve on the back and in a cloth bag, and that there is no damage or straight pins and they are then marked. And the wonderful part is seeing the work close up that women and young girls have put into them. We have some awesome artisans. I will be posting pictures after the show.