Asparagaceae
Nolina microcarpa
Nolina microcarpa
Also known as Beaucarnea microcarpa, Nolina caudata
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Bear Grass · Desert Plant · Xeriscape · Southwest Native · Drought Tolerant · Ornamental Grass · Nolina · Arid · Low Water · Perennial
Bear grass (Nolina microcarpa) is a tough, ornamental desert perennial native to the American Southwest and northern Mexico, forming dramatic clumps of long, slender leaves. It thrives in well-drained, rocky or sandy soils with plenty of sun and very infrequent watering once established. An excellent low-water landscape plant, it is highly drought tolerant and virtually maintenance-free after the first season.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water sparingly; allow soil to dry thoroughly between waterings · Every 14-21 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6.5–9.5
- 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
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- White
- Foliage
- Green · Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Arizona, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, New Mexico
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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