Plant: Red Yucca
Yucca · Hesperaloe parviflora
Size: 3 gal
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More about this plant
A clumping succulent perennial with arching blue green leaves two to three feet long, edged with white filament hairs, forming a basal rosette three to five feet tall and four to six feet wide. Red, pink or coral tubular flowers with yellow centers rise on four to six foot red stalks through spring and summer and pull in hummingbirds and butterflies. It needs sharp drainage on loam, sand or shallow rocky soil and tolerates drought, dry soil, heat, salt, pollution and urban conditions. Watch for fungal root rot in damp heavy soils and browsing deer. Use it massed, in containers or as a specimen.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 5 ft tall and 6 ft wide
- Blooms in spring, summer
- Hardy in USDA zones 6-10
- Evergreen foliage
Plant description
A clumping succulent perennial with arching blue green leaves two to three feet long, edged with white filament hairs, forming a basal rosette three to five feet tall and four to six feet wide. Red, pink or coral tubular flowers with yellow centers rise on four to six foot red stalks through spring and summer and pull in hummingbirds and butterflies. It needs sharp drainage on loam, sand or shallow rocky soil and tolerates drought, dry soil, heat, salt, pollution and urban conditions. Watch for fungal root rot in damp heavy soils and browsing deer. Use it massed, in containers or as a specimen.
- Flowers
- Red, pink or coral tubular flowers with yellow centers on four to six foot red stalks.
- Foliage
- Blue green evergreen leaves in a basal clump, two to three feet long and about an inch wide, with numerous white filament hairs along the margins.
- Native range
- Central Texas south to Coahuila in northern Mexico
