Yucca baccata
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This yucca has large gray-green stout straplike and sharply pointed leaves leaves. The leaves which are 2-3′ long also have curly white fibers on their margins. Leaves grow in a spiral rosette from the base stem. Yucca baccata blooms in summer with a beautiful display of large white bell shaped flowers which hang from short branches on a central inflorescence. Individual rosettes are monocarpic and die after flowering but often offset many smaller plants at the base.
Yucca baccata makes a nice landscape border plant. It is a nice plant for street medians, xeriscape and succulent gardens. It can also be grown in a large container.
Native Americans had many uses for this plant. Leaf fibers were uses to make string and ropes and woven into fabrics, garments, baskets and mats. The leaf tips were used as paint brushes for decorating pottery. From the saponin-rich roots shampoo and soap products were obtained. Some rootbeers use the yucca to create a rich foamy head. The fruits, which look like short green bananas, are edible and were eaten green or stored for winter consumption. Young flower shoots were also eaten like asparagus.
The woodrat also uses this plant’s leaves to create the outer portion of its burrow-style nest. Like many yuccas it is pollinated by a moth which is specific to each species. Outside of its native habitat it must be hand pollinated to set seed.
This plant can be grown from seed or also from plantlets offset at the base.
Horticultural Data
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Names and Synonyms: Yucca vespertina
Common Names: Banana Yucca, Broad-leaf Yucca, Datil Yucca, Spanish Bayonet, Spanish Dagger, Fleshy-Fruited Yucca, Amole
Family: Agavaceae
Origin: This common yucca is native to the deserts of southwestern US and northwestern Mexico.
Height: 2-3′
Width: 2-3′
Cold Tolerance: 0 to 5°F; -17.7 to -14.9°C
Heat Tolerance: High heat tolerance
Light Requirement: Full sun
Water needs: Very drought tolerant
Maintenance: Remove spent flowering spikes as desired. Divide and replant offsets if desired.
Uses: Yucca baccata makes a nice landscape border plant. It is a good plant for street medians, xeriscape and succulent gardens and can also be grown in a large container.
Propagation: This plant can be grown from seed or from plantlets offset at the base.
Problems: None.
Research Links:
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/53194/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yucca_baccata
http://www.desertusa.com/flora/datil-yucca.html
http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Yucca+baccata
Shipping & Availability
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There is a minimum purchase of any 4 plants for online orders. All plants shipped bare root. Other sizes may be available for pick up from our growing grounds in Fallbrook, CA. For more information, give us a call at 760-990-4762.
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