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🌱 Yucca

Yucca filamentosa / Yucca glauca
succulents succulent perennial
☀️ Sun
full sun
💧 Water
very low
🗺️ Zones
[4,5,6,7,8,9,10]
🧪 Soil pH
5.5-8.0
🪴 Soil Type
well-drained, sandy, tolerates poor/rocky
📏 Spacing
2-4 ft
📐 Height
2-3 ft (flower spike 6-12 ft)

🤝 Companions (3)

🤝 Agave
Architectural desert companions; different forms, same water needs
🤝 Lavender
Both Mediterranean/dry garden lovers; yucca's spiky form contrasts lavender's soft mounds
🤝 prickly pear
Classic desert garden pairing; shared xeriscape conditions

⚠️ Keep Apart (1)

⚠️ plants needing wet soil
Yucca's desert DNA means root rot is instant death in soggy conditions

📝 Growing Notes

The plant that does everything: food (flowers), fiber (leaves for cordage/baskets), soap (roots), and stunning 6-foot flower spikes of creamy white bells. Native Americans used it as a pharmacy: soap, sewing needles (leaf tips with fiber thread still attached), and food.

🛒 Buy Seeds & Plants

Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Johnny's Selected Seeds Botanical Interests True Leaf Market Burpee Territorial Seed Company

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