Botanical Name: Hesperoyucca elephantipes (Y. gigantea)
Common Name: Giant yucca
Type of Plant: monocot: tree
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape an erect, many-trunked plant, which forms a large clump of rather slender 1'-1 1/2' diameter trunks as it matures; the clump is swollen at the base; each stalk crowned with stiff narrow sword-like leaves
Height 15-30'
Spread 1/2 to equal
Growth Rate moderate
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors full or partial sun
Soil prefers a fast-draining soil; can tolerate most locations
Hardiness some frost (zones 12, 13, 16, 17, 19-24); thrives in warm
 
Morphology:
Leaves sword-shaped, narrow, dark green, 4'-5' long, 3" wide; clumping outwards at the ends of the stalks; tips are stiff but not sharp
Flowers creamy white, 1" diameter, borne in 3-5' panicles among the leaves; summer
Fruit a capsule; elongate, 1" long, dark gray when ripe
 
Propagation:
seed or dimension of the clump
 
Usage:
a dramatic large-scale accent shrub or small tree used for its distinctive form and glossy foliage; suitable for large area landscapes for desert, subtropical or tropical theme landscapes
 
Landscape Care:
Watering an occasional deep soak; tolerates lawn watering if drainage is good; fairly drought-tolerant after established
Fertilizing little is needed
Pruning open up clump as plant matures by removing some stalks
Pests/Diseases crown rot in wet adobe soils
Special Conditions
 
Origin: Mexico
Family: Agavaceae
 
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