Yucca aloifolia

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Plant Characteristics
Height: 10 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 10.
Lifespan: perennial
Origin: S United States
Cultivation
Water: moderate
Sunset Zones: 7-29, 31
Scientific Names

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Read about Yucca aloifolia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Yucca aloifolia, Linn. (Y. serrulata, Haw. Y. crenulata, Haw.). Slenderly caulescent: lvs. dagger-like, very pungent: fr. black-purple, without a core. W. Indies and Mex. to Va. and around the Gulf. With lvs. yellow-margined it is f. marginata, Bommer. With lvs. yellow or white in the center it is f. tricolor, Bommer, also often known as Y. tricolor, Y. quadricolor, because shaded with red when young, and Y. medio-picta. Y. aloifolia Menandii, Trel., is a very narrow-lvd. form of this.


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