Common Name:
Red yucca
Plant Type:
Evergreen perennial
Family:
Agavaceae (The Agave Family)
Geographic Origin:
Mexico
California Native?:
No

Plant Size:
4 feet high
Landscape/Garden Uses:
Mixed plantings
Flowering Season:
Summer

Flower Color:
Green
Exposure:
Sun or light shade
Soils:
Most soils

Suggested Irrigation:
Moderate to occasional watering
Estimated Hardiness:
Hardy to 15 degrees F. or less

This showy relative of Agave and Yucca has rosettes, or crowns, of 2 foot grey green leaves, sword shaped like those of yucca but soft and flexible. The rosettes branch at the base to form compact clumps. In early summer thick coral pink flowering shoots rise 3-6 feet from older rosettes to display green and red, bell shaped blossoms. This is a striking specimen plant, and much less temperamental than many of its relatives. Sun, most soils, moderate to occasional watering.