Yucca spp
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Yucca
Yucca spp
Shrub
Care:
Full Sun
Partial Shade
Very Low
Low
Well Drained
Look:
Blue Gray
leaves
Blue Green
leaves
White
flowers
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Yucca
Yucca spp
Shrub
Care:
Full Sun
Partial Shade
Very Low
Low
Well Drained
Look:
Blue Gray
leaves
Blue Green
leaves
White
flowers
Evergreen shrubs and perennials that grow over much of North America and feature sword-shaped leaves. Yuccas typically produce flowers on tall stalks in spring. Some yuccas are stemless while others have trunks and grow to tree size.
Examples: Banana yucca (Y. baccata, 3-4’ x 4-5’) eventually forms a short trunk. Adam’s needle (Y. filamentosa, 2-3’ x 4’) has loose fibers at the edge of leaves. Others are Spanish dagger (Y. gloriosa, 10’ x 8’), beaked yucca (Y. rostrata, 12-15’), and our Lord’s candle (Y. whipplei, 2-4’ x 3-6’), native to Southern California and Baja California.