Yucca elephantipes marginata,Yucca Marginata

Description

Common name:

Yucca Marginata

Category:

Cacti & Succulents, Indoor Plants, Shrubs

Family:

Liliaceae or Lily family

Light:

Sun growing, Semi shade

Water:

Normal, Can tolerate less

Primarily grown for:

Foliage

Flowering season:

January, February, December

Flower or Inflorescence color:

White

Foliage color:

Variegated, Green, Yellow

Plant Height or length:

4 to 6 meters

Plant Spread or Width:

2 to 4 meters

Plant Form:

Spreading, Upright or Erect

Special Character:

• Good for screening
• Good for Hedges and Borders
• Thorny or Spiny
• Suitable for road median planting
• Salt or salinity tolerant
• Good on seaside

Generally available in India in quantities of:

Over hundreds

Plant Description:

- Fast and easy growing tree like yucca with trunk.
- Usually multi stemmed to 15 feet tall or more. Can be kept much sorter.
- The soft tipped 12-18 inch long flexible leaves are pale green with cream colored stripe and small teeth along the margin.
- Large flower apper in late spring or summer on 2-3 feet tall flower stalks.
-A large growing yucca. The leaves are broad and green. The flowers are white and very pretty. The plants flowers once a year. The plants can grow quite large but can be comfortably kept to a height of around 1.5 meters.
- Yucca are succulent plants from the dry regions of the world.
- They have adapted themselves well to conserve water.
- Their formal symmetric shape makes them ideal for use in today's interiors and landscapes.

Growing tips:

- Very hardy plants. Have problems only if there is low light or excessive moisture.
- Full sunlight to light shade
- Respond well to organic fertilizers.
- Require porous, well drained soils.