Yucca harrimaniae (nana)

Also Known As

Yucca nana
Dwarf Yucca

Plant type

cactus / succulent

size

H: 6"-12"
W: 6"-12"

planting zones

5a-9b

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Yucca harrimaniae (nana) plant details

Yucca harrimaniae (nana) is a slow-growing evergreen cactus / succulent with blue and green foliage. In summer cream flowers emerge. Grows well with sun and occasional - low water. Drought tolerant once established. Does well in average, gritty, lean, rocky and well-drained soil. A good option if you're seeking something heat tolerant, verticillium wilt resistant and wind tolerant.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Yucca harrimaniae (nana)

Plant type: cactus / succulent
Plant family: agavaceae, asparagaceae
Foliage: evergreen blue and green
Mature size: 6 IN - 12 IN - wide, 6 IN - 12 IN - tall
Flowers: cream blooms in summer
Uses: compact, container plant, dwarf, exotic, rock garden, rosette-forming

GROWING CONDITIONS for Yucca harrimaniae (nana)

USDA Zones: 5a - 9b
Sun exposure: sun
Watering frequency: occasional - low
Resistant to: deer and rabbit, heat, verticillium wilt and wind
Soil needs: average, gritty, lean, rocky and well-drained

Nursery contributed plant descriptions

Zn 5. Rigid green leaves with white filaments.

By: Little Prince of Oregon

Yucca nana is a dwarf form of Y. harrimaniae from 6,000' elevation on the Utah/Colorado border. Very well drained soil is essential to its survival in wet winters. Low mounds of sharp blue foliage with curly filaments on the leaf margins. White bell-shaped flowers on 3' stems appear in summer. Like other Yucca species, blooming is not an annual event. Great in rock gardens with sedums and dwarf conifers.

By: Botanophilia

A microform of Yucca harrimaniae it was given species status in 1998 these are from tissue cultured stock. ZONE 5

By: Arrowhead Alpines

Exquisite and tiny yucca from the San Rafael Swell of southern Utah. The 6-8" rosettes, with their undulate, glaucous blue leaves edged white, seem as if a bunch of blue star fish were playing leap frog. Slowly multiplying to form a small colony. Spectacular in garden or in pots: we have placed ours in a stone wall. Would love bright light and free draining soil, preferably high in mineral content, but, really, not very fussy. Small 2-3 ft spikes of pearly white flowers appear on mature plants in May and June. Frost hardy in USDA zone 4, if not 3.

By: Cistus Nursery

This tiny member of the sword clan is from a small high elevation area on the UT/CO border; to 1' t x 1' w, the very narrow gray-green leaves of this petite beauty are covered with showy white filaments; 3' stalks of white flowers. SUN/Dry/GdDrain