Yucca gloriosa

Plant Characteristics
Habit		shrub
Height:	⇕	10 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 10.
Lifespan:	⌛	perennial
Origin:	✈	SE United States

Scientific Names
Agavaceae >	Yucca >	gloriosa >

Read about Yucca gloriosa in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Yucca gloriosa, Linn. (Y. acuminata, Sweet. Y. gloriosa acuminata, Carr. Y. integerrima, Stokes). Short-trunked or arboreous: lvs. 2 in. wide, stiff, smooth, nearly flat, usually with a few teeth when young or a few threads when old: fls. often reddish tinged: fr. drooping. Coast, from S. C. to Fla. A smaller form is f. minor, Carr. A form with median variegation is f. medio-striata. Forms with the outer lvs. somewhat recurving are var. robusta, Carr., Redoute, Lil., and its more glaucous form f. nobilis, Carr. (Y. Ellacombei, Baker. Y. gloriosa Ellacombei, Baker). With glaucous lvs. very plicate toward the end it is var. plicata, Carr., a taller greener-lvd. form of which is f. superba, Baker (Y. superba, Haw.). The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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