Mojave Yucca
Yucca schidigera
A trunk-forming Mojave yucca with stiff, yellow-green blades edged in curling fibers and dense clusters of creamy bells. Tough, long-lived, and a desert habitat plant.
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 3–15 ft
- Spacing
- 4–6 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- April, May
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, mammals
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen
- Native states
- AZ, CA, NV, UT
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