False Red Yucca Plants

Hesperaloe parviflora

How to grow red yucca plants. Hesperaloe parviflora is a false yucca. Hesperaloe funifera is another false yucca plant but its flowers are white.

The gray-green foliage grows in a mound much like that of a trunkless yucca plant. The leaves have sharp edges and should be handled carefully.

Also, the foliage and pollen of this plant can cause an allergic reaction if it comes into contact with your skin. And, unlike yucca, Hesperaloe is not edible. Parts of it are toxic.

The leaf mounds grow to a height of 12-18 inches but, when the plant blooms, the flower stalks add another 2 feet to its height.

The blooms appear in mid summer and last until frost.

The tubular reddish pink flowers are arranged in clusters of 3 along the dark red stalks. They are attractive to hummingbirds, bees and butterflies.

How to Grow Red Yucca Plants

Water new plants regularly until they become established. Then only provide supplemental water during extended periods of dry summer weather.

Arizona Gardeners: Protect newly planted false yucca plants from peccaries (javelinas) until they are mature. The animals enjoy eating small Hesperaloe plants.

Propagate false yucca by collecting and planting the ripe seeds (seed pods will form after the flowers drop if you leave the stalks in place) or by digging up the "pups" that occasionally pop up around the plants.

Seedlings grow easily but slowly and will take several years to bloom.

Giant Sword Flower
Hesperaloe funifera

It grows well in USDA zones 7a-10b when planted in full sun. It is very drought resistant.



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