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Beaked Yucca
Yucca rostrata
Beaked Yucca is a slow-growing succulent, hardy in USDA zones 5-10, that matures to about 5-12 ft × 3-8 ft. It does best in full sun with low water needs in well-drained and occasionally-dry soil. Expect white blooms in spring and summer. It attracts moths, stands up well to deer, drought and dry soil, grows happily in containers.
- USDA zones
- 5-10
- Sun
- Full sun
- Water
- Low
- Mature size
- 5-12 ft × 3-8 ft
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- Well-drained, Occasionally-dry
- Bloom color
- White
- Bloom season
- Spring, Summer
- Attracts
- Moths
- Tough against
- Deer, Drought, Dry soil, Heat, Rabbits
- Native to
- South western Texas, northern Mexico
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