Red Yucca
Hesperaloe parviflora
Tall spikes hold deep rose-pink flowers almost year-round; effective plant for rock garden, landscape accent, or in containers. An evergreen perennial, best used with other desert-like plants.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | hess-per-AL-oh par-vif-FLOH-ra |
| Key feature: | Rock Garden Plant |
| Plant type: | Cactus/Succulent |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Evergreen |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 5 - 11 |
| Light needs: | Full sun |
| Sunset climate zones: | 10 - 16, 18 - 21, 27 - 31, 33, 35 |
| Water Needs: | Once established, needs only occasional watering. |
| Average landscape size: | Moderate grower to 3 to 4 ft. tall and wide; flower stalks to 4 to 6 ft. |
| Growth rate: | Moderate |
| Flower attribute: | Repeat Flowering |
| Special features: | Easy Care, North American Native Selection, Waterwise |
| Landscape uses: | Border, Container, Firescaping/Fire Wise, Rock Garden, Seacoast Exposure |
| Flower color: | Pink |
| Blooms: | Early summer with continuous rebloom |
| Foliage color: | Green |
| Item no.: | 4040 |
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Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Watering can be reduced after establishment. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer before new growth begins in spring.
Design Ideas
This Southwest native is at home in a desert, xeriscape or rock garden. It will add color and textural interest to cottage beds and borders if placed with other low water use perennials. Plant along dry streambeds, landscape boulders or in large Santa Fe-style clay pots. Its tropical look will provide a welcome injection of the tropics into colder winter gardens. Plant in mass in the farther reaches of your garden along with other grasses for a colorful, native grassland design.
Tall spikes hold deep rose-pink flowers almost year-round; effective plant for rock garden, landscape accent, or in containers. An evergreen perennial, best used with other desert-like plants.
Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Watering can be reduced after establishment. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer before new growth begins in spring.
Design Ideas
This Southwest native is at home in a desert, xeriscape or rock garden. It will add color and textural interest to cottage beds and borders if placed with other low water use perennials. Plant along dry streambeds, landscape boulders or in large Santa Fe-style clay pots. Its tropical look will provide a welcome injection of the tropics into colder winter gardens. Plant in mass in the farther reaches of your garden along with other grasses for a colorful, native grassland design.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | hess-per-AL-oh par-vif-FLOH-ra |
| Key feature: | Rock Garden Plant |
| Plant type: | Cactus/Succulent |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Evergreen |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 5 - 11 |
| Light needs: | Full sun |
| Sunset climate zones: | 10 - 16, 18 - 21, 27 - 31, 33, 35 |
| Water Needs: | Once established, needs only occasional watering. |
| Average landscape size: | Moderate grower to 3 to 4 ft. tall and wide; flower stalks to 4 to 6 ft. |
| Growth rate: | Moderate |
| Flower attribute: | Repeat Flowering |
| Special features: | Easy Care, North American Native Selection, Waterwise |
| Landscape uses: | Border, Container, Firescaping/Fire Wise, Rock Garden, Seacoast Exposure |
| Flower color: | Pink |
| Blooms: | Early summer with continuous rebloom |
| Foliage color: | Green |
| Item no.: | 4040 |
