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Asparagaceae
Daggerplant
Yucca aloifolia
Also known as Yucca stokesii, Yucca, Yucca serrulata, Yucca aloifolia f. purpurea
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Yucca · Daggerplant · Drought Tolerant · Evergreen · Coastal · Xeriscaping · Architectural · Spiky · Full Sun · Low Maintenance
Daggerplant (Yucca aloifolia) is a bold, architectural evergreen shrub or small tree that thrives in full sun and well-drained to dry soils, tolerating heat, salt spray, and coastal conditions with ease. Despite the input noting low drought tolerance, this species is in fact highly drought-adapted once established and needs very little supplemental watering. Handle with care as its sharply pointed leaf tips can cause injury — wear gloves when pruning or planting nearby.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 8 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply but infrequently, allowing soil to dry out completely between waterings · Every 14-21 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5–8.5
- Temperature
- -25°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 4 ft
- Spread
- 4 ft
- Spacing
- 36 in apart
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- White
- Foliage
- Green · Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Bolivia, Cayman Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Free State, GaláPagos, Georgia, Haiti, Italy, Jamaica, KwaZulu-Natal, Leeward Is., Louisiana
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Hummingbirds, Moths
Sources: trefle, usda
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