Yucca is a genus of perennial shrubs and trees in the family Asparagaceae. They are native to the hot and dry parts of North America, Central America, South America and the Caribbean.
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Yucca filamentosa (Adam's Needle) is a very ornamental, virtually stemless, evergreen shrub, up to 10 feet (3 m) tall, that features a basal rosette of…
Yucca aloifolia (Spanish Bayonet) is an evergreen shrub, up to 26 feet (8 m) tall, with a simple or sparsely to densely branched stem. It…
Yucca desmetiana is a soft leaved Yucca with usually a single-stemmed rosette when young and become multi-stemmed with age. The leaves are…
Yucca gloriosa 'Variegata' (Variegated Spanish Dagger) is a medium-sized, single-stemmed, evergreen shrub with stiff, spine-tipped leaves…
Yucca thompsoniana has a trunk up to 3.3 feet (1 m) tall, branching above the ground. It flowers before there is any trunk at all, but…
Yucca gigantea (Spineless Yucca) is a large succulent up to 30 feet (10 m) tall, with a spread up to 15 feet (4.5 m). It may have a thick…
Yucca brevifolia (Joshua Tree) is a tree-like Yucca, up to 40 feet (12 m) tall, with a columnar, much-branched trunk forming a weird and…
Yucca rostrata (Beaked Yucca) is a slow-growing, tree-like Yucca with upright stems and beautiful gray-blue narrow foliage. Although it can branch…
Yucca gloriosa (Spanish Dagger) is an evergreen, medium-sized shrub, usually with a single stem (rarely with several stems arising from…