Yucca Aloifolia

  • Other common names Spanish bayonet
    dagger plant

  • Family Asparagaceae

  • Genus Yucca can be evergreen perennials, shrubs or trees, with dense or loose rosettes of stiff, sword-shaped leaves and tall panicles of bell-shaped flowers

  • Details Y. aloifolia is an evergreen shrub with a simple or sparsely branched stem bearing a terminal rosette of sharp-pointed, sword-shaped leaves, and nodding, bell-shaped white or purple-tinged flowers 8cm across in a terminal panicle

  • Plant range SE USA to Mexico

How to grow

 

Cultivation Under glass grow in loam-based compost keeping just moist in winter. Grow outdoors in containers and over-winter indoors

Propagation Propagate by seed, sown in spring at 19-24° C. Flowers may need hand-pollination to set seed. Rooted suckers can be removed in spring or take root cuttings in winter

Suggested planting locations and garden types Drought Resistant Architectural City & Courtyard Gardens Mediterranean Climate Plants Patio & Container Plants

 

How to care

 

Pruning Pruning not normally needed, but damaged leaves and spent flower spikes can be removed as necessary in the spring

Pests Flowers may be attacked by aphids; snails eat the foliage

Diseases Susceptible to a leaf spot

 

Personal Experience

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