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Yucca cernua |
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| Common name |
nodding Texas soapwort |
| Family |
agavaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial (Z7-10) |
| Flowers |
white |
| Size |
24" |
| Light |
sun-part shade |
Unlike most yuccas, which are native to areas further west, this species occurs naturally in a limited area of the eastern part of Texas, where it grows in open pine forests. Plants form symmetrically spreading rosettes of evergreen glaucous lance-leaves. Older plants send up dramatic 10' tall spikes of white bell-shaped flowers, and also reproduce by producing offsets. It tooks three years for that to happen in our garden to our seed-grown specimens: one of our fourth-year plants bloomed in May of 2021, on a stalk that certainly wasn't ten foot tall, but still rose impressively above its surroundings. The next year, a different one bloomed – so it appears that they're not inclined to produce flowers every year. On the whole, they grow fairly fast – at least compared to our agaves, which stay small for what seems like forever.
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| | Two-year-old plant, April |
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| | Already at a substantial size in summer of its second year |
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| | Flower stalk reaching skyward in early April |
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In our garden, this plant grows in the following areas: left fence border, Houston rock garden About my plant portraits
PlantLinks to other web pages about Yucca cernua
- Seed from NARGS '17/'18 exchange. Baggy 70F (56%G, 13-40d)
- Same seed as above. Baggy 70F (no G, 27d)
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