It is hard to guess exactly when the yucca on my terrace will flower, for it seems to be quite sensitive to the weather, but it flowers once or at most twice a year. A long and sturdy stem with buds is first projected upwards from the rosette of sword-like leaves. The buds grow in unison, but they do not open at the same time. Fleshy white flowers that emerge from the buds hang from the stem for a week or two. The flowering usually lasts a few weeks. The stems take many months to dry, turn brittle, and eventually break off. More often than not, I cut them off myself. Anyhow, the yucca on my terrace is flowering right now, but there are no less than four stems with flowers on it. Each of them now sports a handful of flowers. Over an entire decade in the house, I have not seen such a profusion. So far, only one stem had appeared at a time. Apparently, the plant is quite happy this year. Now, yucca is native to the hot and dry parts of Central, South, and North America, as well as the Caribbean. Is the profusion of flowers on my terrace a sign that the weather in Istria is ever closer to that in yucca’s native region?