Red Yucca
Hesperaloe parviflora
Not a true yucca but a grassy evergreen clump sending up arching coral-red flower wands for months that hummingbirds work tirelessly. One of the toughest, longest-blooming desert accents.
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 3–5 ft
- Spacing
- 4–6 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- alkaline
- Bloom
- March, April, May, June, July
- Bloom colors
- red, yellow
- Wildlife value
- hummingbirds
- Landscape uses
- hedge or screen, foundation
- Native states
- TX