| Home Page | Yucca is a genus of about 40 species of Agave relative native of dry areas of North America. They form rosette of stiff leaves, and many develop a wooden trunk that can branch and become tree-like. The genus name "Yucca" is the Arawak name for the Tapioca (Manihot esculenta) of which genus Yucca was mistaken for. The flowers are white or cream and organized in panicles. The branch or the plant that produced the flower does not die after blooming. The flowers have to be pollinated by the yucca moth to bear fruit. There is a distinction between Yucca defined by the fact that the fruit is either fleshy (like the Banana Yucca) or dry.
The frost resistance of Yuccas varies a lot depending on the species. Some species are extremely frost resistant, growing in the northern parts of the United States, up to Canada. Some species are frost tender. All the species prefer full sun and a good drainage.
Yucca aloifolia Spanish Bayonet Yucca baccata Banana Yucca, Datil Yucca Yucca baileyi Navajo Yucca Yucca brevifolia var. jaegeriana Yucca brevifolia Joshua Tree Yucca carnerosana Giant Spanish Dagger Yucca constricta Buckley's yucca, White Rim Yucca Yucca desmetiana Yucca elata Soaptree Yucca Yucca endlichiana Yucca filamentosa Yucca filifera Tree Yucca, St. Peter's Palm Yucca gloriosa Spanish Dagger Yucca pallida Pale Yucca Yucca recurvifolia Pendulous yucca, Weeping Yucca Yucca rigida Blue Yucca, Palmilla Yucca rostrata Beaked Yucca, Big Bend Yucca Yucca rupicola Twisted-leaf Yucca Yucca schidigera Yucca thompsoniana Thompson's Yucca Yucca torreyi Spanish dagger, Torrey's yucca Yucca treculeana Spanish Dagger, Palma Pita, Don Quixote's lace Yucca valida Datilillo Yucca whipplei Whipple's Yucca, Our Lord's Candle Synonym and obsolete names Yucca acrotricha synonym of Dasylirion acrotrichum (Green Desert Spoon) Yucca angustifolia var. radiosa synonym of Yucca elata (Soaptree Yucca) Yucca angustifolia var. elata synonym of Yucca elata (Soaptree Yucca) Yucca argospatha synonym of Yucca treculeana (Spanish Dagger, Palma Pita, Don Quixote's lace) Yucca arizonica synonym of Yucca baccata (Banana Yucca, Datil Yucca) Yucca aspera synonym of Yucca treculeana (Spanish Dagger, Palma Pita, Don Quixote's lace) Yucca australis synonym of Yucca filifera (Tree Yucca, St. Peter's Palm) Yucca baccata var. macrocarpa synonym of Yucca torreyi (Spanish dagger, Torrey's yucca) Yucca boscii synonym of Agave geminiflora (Twin-flowered Agave) Yucca brevifolia var. wolfei synonym of Yucca brevifolia var. jaegeriana Yucca californica synonym of Yucca schidigera Yucca canaliculata synonym of Yucca treculeana (Spanish Dagger, Palma Pita, Don Quixote's lace) Yucca circinata synonym of Yucca baccata (Banana Yucca, Datil Yucca) Yucca concava synonym of Yucca filamentosa Yucca elephantipes synonym of Yucca gloriosa (Spanish Dagger) Yucca filamentosa var. concava synonym of Yucca filamentosa Yucca filamentosa var. smalliana synonym of Yucca filamentosa Yucca flaccida synonym of Yucca filamentosa Yucca fragilifolia synonym of Yucca baccata (Banana Yucca, Datil Yucca) Yucca funifera synonym of Hesperaloe funifera (Giant Hesperaloe) Yucca gloriosa var. recurvifolia synonym of Yucca recurvifolia (Pendulous yucca, Weeping Yucca) Yucca gracile synonym of Dasylirion acrotrichum (Green Desert Spoon) Yucca longifolia synonym of Yucca treculeana (Spanish Dagger, Palma Pita, Don Quixote's lace) Yucca macrocarpa synonym of Yucca schidigera Yucca macrocarpa synonym of Yucca torreyi (Spanish dagger, Torrey's yucca) Yucca mohavensis synonym of Yucca schidigera Yucca pendula synonym of Yucca recurvifolia (Pendulous yucca, Weeping Yucca) Yucca radiosa synonym of Yucca elata (Soaptree Yucca) Yucca recurvifolia synonym of Yucca filamentosa Yucca rupicola var. edentata synonym of Yucca pallida (Pale Yucca) Yucca scabrifolia synonym of Yucca baccata (Banana Yucca, Datil Yucca) Yucca smalliana synonym of Yucca filamentosa Yucca undulata synonym of Yucca treculeana (Spanish Dagger, Palma Pita, Don Quixote's lace) Yucca utahensis synonym of Yucca elata (Soaptree Yucca) Yucca verdiensis synonym of Yucca elata (Soaptree Yucca) Yucca yucatana synonym of Yucca aloifolia (Spanish Bayonet)
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