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Asparagaceae
Blue Yucca
Yucca rigida
Resilience and purity.
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Genus
- Yucca
- Native to
- Mexico
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Type
- evergreen perennial
- Height
- 8-15 ft
- Sunlight
- full sun
- Soil
- Well-drained, sandy, rocky
- Water
- low
- Hardiness
- 7-11
- Lifespan
- perennial
Did you know
- The 'blue' in the name refers to the striking blue-gray foliage, not the flowers which are white.
- Blue yucca depends on a specific yucca moth for pollination in a remarkable mutualistic relationship.
- The flower stalk can grow up to 5 feet tall and bear hundreds of bell-shaped white blooms.
- Native peoples used the tough leaf fibers to make rope, sandals, and baskets.
- Blue yucca is extremely drought-tolerant and can survive on as little as 8 inches of rainfall per year.
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