Yucca, Banana

Yucca baccata
  • Botanical Name: Yucca baccata
  • Plant Type: Shrub
  • Light Requirement: Full Sun, Partial Shade
  • Water Demand: Very Low
  • Landscape Use: Focal Point, Rock Garden, Screen - Physical (e.g., barriers), Deer Resistant, Salt Tolerant
  • Ornamental Color: White
  • Native or Adapted: Native
  • Season: Summer
  • Deciduous or Evergreen: Evergreen
  • Plant Form: Upright
  • Region: North Central Texas
  • Plant Spread: 4' - 6'
  • Plant Height: 3' - 4'

Description

Single or clump. Clumps can reach 20 feet wide. Stiff blue-green leaves with fibrous edges. Seed pods are 4 to 8 inches long and resemble a banana.