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Yuccas and Cacti
Banana yucca Yucca baccata
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Family: Agavaceae
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Native to southwest U.S.
including N.M
N.M..
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Spikes
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ik are 2
2--3 ffeet tallll and
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cream/yellow bloom may reach
4 feet.
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In our garden bloomed in 5th year
after transplanting.
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Very low water
water--use
use..
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Full sun.
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Evergreen.
Evergreen
e g ee .
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Maintenance: none
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Edible flowers and fruit
fruit..
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May die after flowering.
Banana yucca Yucca baccata
Bloomed in 2007 (5 years after transplanting)
Redflower ((false)) y
yucca
Hesperaloe parviflora
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Family: Agavaceae
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Native to Texas
Texas..
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Long,
g, narrow yuccayucca
y
-like leaves are
2-3 feet long and may spread out
forming a 44-foot diameter plant.
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yucca.
yucca.
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Low water
water--use.
use.
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Full sun.
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Evergreen..
Evergreen
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Maintenance: Flower stalks can be
cut back when dry or left standing
standing.
Remove dead leaves
leaves..
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Flowers attract hummingbirds
hummingbirds..
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Tolerant of saline soils.
R d yucca Hesperaloe parviflora
Red
Heavy bloom 2007
Soapweed yucca Yucca
Y
glauca
l
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Family: Agavaceae
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Native to southwest and
Great Plains
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3-4 foot flower spike
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Plant has many uses:
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Soap – Roots
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Baskets – leaves
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Edible buds and flower
stalks
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Plant’s reproduction potential
depends on pollination by the
yucca moth.
T
Tree
cholla
h ll Cylindropuntia imbricata
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Family: Cactaceae
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Native to south central U.S.
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P l fl
Purple
flowers
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Yellow fruits
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Can grow in excess of 6 feet
high and nearly the same
across
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S i
Spiny
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Very drought tolerant.
H d h cactus
Hedgehog
t Echinocereus sp.
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Family: Cactaceae
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Native to southwest U.S.
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Crimson red flowers in early
spring
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Edible red fruits ((tuna))
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Tough spines
Prickly pear cactus
(Opuntia sp.)
sp.)