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Spanish Dagger

Yucca treculeana

Spanish dagger is a stout, trunked yucca with sharp blue-green blades and huge spring clusters of creamy bells, a dramatic, drought- and cold-tolerant evergreen for the South.

Family
Asparagaceae
Type
shrub
Lifespan
perennial
Height
5–15 ft
Spacing
4–8 ft apart
Light
sun
Soil moisture
dry
Soil pH
neutral, alkaline
Bloom
February, March, April
Bloom colors
white
Wildlife value
pollinators, larval host
Landscape uses
specimen, hedge or screen
Native states
TX