Yucca Species
Dasylirion acrotriche (Green desert spoon). Sunset: 12-24; USDA: 9-11. Full sun Heat tolerant. Low water. Evergreen shrub up to 6' tall, 6' in diameter. Hardy to 20°F. Origin: East-central Mexico.
Dasylirion wheeleri (Desert spoon). Sunset: 10-24; USDA: 7b-11. Full sun. Heat tolerant. Low water. Treelike growth to 10' tall, 5' in diameter. Hardy to 5°F. Origin: Arizona, New Mexico, western Texas, Northwest Mexico.
Texas false agave (Hechtia texensis). USDA: 8b-11, Full sun to light shade. Heat tolerant. Little to moderate water. Hardy to 26°F. Grows to 2' semi-succulent rosette with purple, spiny leaves. Origin: Texas, northeastern Mexico.
Hesperaloe funifera (Giant hesperaloe). Full sun. Hardy to 0°F. Slow growing clumping stemless rosettes to 6' tall; 6' in spread. Little water. Native to Chihuahuan desert (Texas, northeastern Mexico).
Hesperaloe parviflora (Red yucca). Sunset: 10,12,13,16,18-24. Full sun. Heat tolerant. Low water. Grows 3' tall, 5' in diameter. Hardy to 5°F. Origin: Texas, Northeastern Mexico.
Hesperaloe parviflora (Yellow flower). Sunset: 10,12,13,16,18-24. Full sun. Heat tolerant. Low water. Grows 3'tall, 5' in diameter. Hardy to 5°F. Origin: Texas, northeastern Mexico
Yucca filifera (Tree yucca, St. Peter's palm). USDA: 8-12. Full sun to light shade. Little to moderate water. Tree like rosette, up to 30' tall. Hardy to 10°F. Origin: Mexico.
