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Hesperaloe parviflora |
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| | Cool bud, late March |
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| | Spiking up a week later |
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| | Love the soft-orange-pink flowers – and it's starting to produce more further down the stem |
| Common name |
red yucca |
| Family |
agavaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial (Z5-9) |
| Flowers |
pink (late summer) |
| Size |
3-4' |
| Light |
sun |
| Cultural notes |
drought-tolerant |
From seed  |
soak warm, then germinate at room temperature
detailed seed-starting info below
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Looks like a yucca, but without the sharp bits. Makes a clump of blue-green foliage, with spikes of salmon-pink flowers held above.
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| | Flowers visited by leaf-footed bugs (Leptoglossus phyllopus) in mid-June |
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In our garden, this plant grows in the following areas: back fence border, left fence border, houston front yard, rock garden zone About my plant portraits
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Visitors to this page have left the following comments| Pam E. | Nov 30, 2020 | Thank You for sharing! I have some seeds to share with an elderly friend, & wanted to give her some idea of how to get them to germinate! |
| random75 | May 04, 2021 | This is a plant that I highly recommend for the desert garden. It's got amazing red flowers, tough leaves, drought tolerance, and a little frost tolerance. |
- Seed from HPS/MAG '09/'10 exchange. Soaked in warm water for 1 day; separated seeds that floated from those that sank, both to baggy 70F (58% of floaters, 81% of sinkers G, 10-20d)
- Seed from '14 trade. Soak in warm water 1d, baggy 70F (100%G, 7-16d)
- Seed from '14 trade. Pot outside 11/12 (1 seedling, 4 w)
- Same seed as above. Baggy 70F (75%G, 12-27d)
- Seed from '21 garden. Baggy 70F (no G, 18d)
Float/sink status is not a sufficient determinator for viability. Slow to put up top growth after germination (can leave sprouted seeds in baggy for extended time before leaf development).
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