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Red Yucca
Hesperaloe parviflora
Red Yucca is a medium-growing succulent, hardy in USDA zones 5-10, that matures to about 3-5 ft × 4-6 ft. It does best in full sun with low water needs in well-drained, occasionally-dry and very-dry soil. Expect yellow, pink and red blooms in summer. It attracts butterflies and hummingbirds, stands up well to deer, drought and dry soil, grows happily in containers.
- USDA zones
- 5-10
- Sun
- Full sun
- Water
- Low
- Mature size
- 3-5 ft × 4-6 ft
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- Well-drained, Occasionally-dry, Very-dry
- Bloom color
- Yellow, Pink, Red
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Attracts
- Butterflies, Hummingbirds
- Tough against
- Deer, Drought, Dry soil, Erosion, Heat, Pollution, Salt
- Native to
- Northeastern Mexico, southwestern Texas
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