This is a flowering Joshua Tree in Joshua Tree National Park, they bloom in the spring like any other plant and is a site to be seen. I love being in the desert, it's such a unique sensation with just the colors of brown earth and blue sky as far as the eye can see and the strange shaped cacti and vegetation compared to the green Northeast.
The Joshua Tree, the largest of the yuccas, grows only in the Mojave Desert. Natural stands of this picturesque, spike-leafed evergreen grow nowhere else in the world. Its height varies from 15-40 feet with a diameter of 1-3 feet. Originally thought to be members of the Agave (Century Plant) Family, the Joshua Tree and other yuccas have been reclassified as members of the Lily (Liliaceae) Family.
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