Twistleaf Yucca
Yucca rupicola
Twistleaf yucca is a Texas Hill Country endemic with distinctively twisting, red-edged green leaves and a tall white flower spike, well suited to rocky limestone shade or sun.
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 2–3 ft
- Spacing
- 2–3 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- alkaline
- Bloom
- April, May, June
- Bloom colors
- white, green
- Wildlife value
- butterflies, larval host, pollinators
- Landscape uses
- foundation
- Native states
- TX
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