Yucca baccata 'Hualampai Blue'

Also Known As

Yucca baccata var. vespertina 'Hualampai Blue'
Hualampai Blue Banana Yucca
Hualampai Blue Blue Yucca
Hualampai Blue Spanish Bayonet

Plant type

cactus / succulent

size

H: 3'-5'
W: 4'-6'

planting zones

4a-11

Yucca baccata 'Hualampai Blue' plant details

Yucca baccata 'Hualampai Blue' is an evergreen cactus / succulent with blue foliage. In spring and summer cream flowers emerge. Features glaucous texture. Grows well with sun and occasional - low water. Drought tolerant once established. Does well in gritty, lean, rocky and well-drained soil. A good option if you're seeking something heat tolerant and verticillium wilt resistant.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Yucca baccata 'Hualampai Blue'

Plant type: cactus / succulent
Plant family: agavaceae, asparagaceae
Foliage: evergreen blue
Mature size: 4 FT - 6 FT - wide, 3 FT - 5 FT - tall
Flowers: cream blooms in spring and summer
Uses: container plant, hell strip, rock garden, rosette-forming, spiky, xeric

GROWING CONDITIONS for Yucca baccata 'Hualampai Blue'

USDA Zones: 4a - 11
Sun exposure: sun
Watering frequency: occasional - low
Resistant to: deer and rabbit, heat and verticillium wilt
Soil needs: gritty, lean, rocky and well-drained

Nursery contributed plant descriptions

A new Cistus introduction. From our earliest days of botanically exploring the rich area from south western Utah to northern Arizona we've noticed the banana yucca, with forms there having upright, very blue leaves looking much like a misplaced sanseverria. This clone, from the south side of the Colorado river in Mojave County, is one of the bluest of the blue. Slowly offsetting clumps have upright leaves, to 4 ft or more, of pale blue adorned with curly filifers. The flowers, cream with nearly red bracts, rise to about 1/2 the leaf height ... but don't hold your breath for the flowers. This is one of the prettiest yuccas we have come across. Tolerant of all kinds of miserable conditions including drought and poor soil but deserving decent drainage and little push of summer water in the driest spots. Frost hardy in USDA zone 4!