Botanical Name: Hesperoyucca recurvifolia (Yucca pendula)
Common Name: NCN (sometimes listed as soft-tip Yucca)
Type of Plant: monocot: shrub
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape a fairly short species of Yucca, with one to few short 'trunks' arising from the ground that may branch with age – eventually forms a clump with arching and recurved leaves; offsets increase size of clump with age
Height 3' - 6'
Spread equal or more
Growth Rate slow
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors full sun preferred; tolerates some shade at inland locales
Soil best in well-drained habitats - avoid wet clay soils
Hardiness hardy (zones 7-10, 12-24): thrives in warm coastal areas
 
Morphology:
Leaves sword-like, 2'-3' long, blue-green, arising from the short trunks; tend to bend and therefore 'recurved'; tips are sharp-pointed
Flowers white, in showy 2'-4' long panicles above the top of the foliage clump; April-June
Fruit a leathery capsule
 
Propagation:
seed, or division of the basal offsets
 
Usage:
a dramatic accent shrub for its distinctive clumping form and blue-green foliage; use for silhouette effect in subtropical, Mediterranean or desert-theme gardens; excellent container plant
 
Landscape Care:
Watering an occasional deep soak in summer months – can survive on seasonal rainfall
Fertilizing none required unless frequently irrigated
Pruning remove dead flower stalks after blooming
Pests/Diseases relatively free
Special Conditions control height by removing tallest trunks near the base
 
Origin: Southeast United States
Family: Agavaceae
 
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(formerly Liliaceae)