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Texas Red Yucca Explore the xeric garden @ Riverdale regional Park

Scientific Name: Hesperalow parviflora

Common Name: Texas Red Yucca (Straight Up Red Texas Yucca)

Family: Agavaceae

Habit: Woody Perennial, Evergreen

Growth Form: Beautiful arching grey-green leaves edged with wispy thread-like white filaments and stand strong beneath 3' spikes of saffron-throated, delicate red trumpet flowers.

Mature Size: Height: 5-6' Width: 3-4'

Flowers: Pink. Bloom Time: Early-Mid Summer, Mid-Late Summer

Hardiness: Zone 5-10

Sun Requirements: Full Sun

Water Requirements: Drought Resistant / Waterwise. Once established, does nicely on very little supplemental water.

Soil Requirements: Low Fertility Soil, Well-Drained Soil. Loam or sandy soil is best.

Other Info: Easy to grow. Extended Bloom Time (more than 4 weeks), Good for Containers, Good for cut flowers, Good Rock garden or alpine plant. Attracts Butterflies, Hummingbirds, Rabbit resistant, Native to North America, Evergreen, Low maintenance. Protect from deer who love to eat the succulent leaves.