What kind of plant is this? picture link. Flax? Phormium?

 I would like to find out how to take care of our plant, but don't know
the name of it.  It has rust spots on it.   here is a picture link.
thanks

http://tinyurl.com/orksxq

http://tinyurl.com/ku2byt

 On 8/12/2009 3:34 PM, lbbss wrote:

It looks like some kind of yucca.  If so, it needs fast-draining soil
with only occasional deep watering (maybe only once a month in the
summer, depending on species).  While some yucca species are quite
hardy, others are definitely subtropical and cannot take more than a
very light frost.

--
David E. Ross
Climate:  California Mediterranean
Sunset Zone: 21 -- interior Santa Monica Mountains with some ocean
influence (USDA 10a, very close to Sunset Zone 19)
Gardening diary at <http://www.rossde.com/garden/diary>

 

thanks, mine looks like the soft leaf yucca, but not sure if that is
it, since I live in canada, not tropical wheater at all.