Common Name: Red Yucca

Scientific Name: Hesperaloe parviflora

Physiological Growth Cycle:  Perennial         USDA Hardiness Zone: 7-10

Monocot

Size:

• 2' to 3' width X 2' to 4' height

Growth Habit:

• Loose mounding
• Basal leaves
• Erect flower stalks 4' - 6' long which lean with the weight of flowers and seed capsules
• Slow growth habit

Red Yucca Threaded Margins

Foliage:

• 2' to 4' long X 1" wide
• Stiff
• Narrow leaves
• Sword-like leaf shape
• Parallel venation
• Evergreen
• Gray-green in color
• White to pinkish threads curling back along the margins

Red Yucca Flower Spike

Inflorescence:

• Funnel form
• About 1 1/2" long
• Rose to coral
• Blooms May to early Fall

Red Yucca Capsule	Red Yucca Dry-dehiscent Capsule

Fruit: 

• Green capsules on stalks
  • Dry-dehiscent fruit
• about 1 1/2" diameter

Red Yucca Specimen Plant

Use:

• Specimen plant
• Mass planting
• Rock gardens
• Companion planting with other desert plants

Problems:

• Relatively pest free

Culture:

• Full sun
• Drought tolerant
• Heat tolerant

Propagation:

• Seed

Notes:

• Flowers attract Hummingbirds