Redflower False Yucca (Hesperaloe parviflora) / aka: Yucca Roja (Red Yucca)
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This message was edited Oct 31, 2007 9:27 AM
CLOSED: Yucca Roja / Redflower False Yucca : SAE or trade
bump!
I sent you a D-Mail. I am new to this so I need to know how this works.
Breeze1947
you have mail!
Linda
LazLo---
dmailed you!
Other common names include the followinig: Texas Red Yucca, Samandoque, Coral Yucca and Hummingbird yucca.
Red yucca, a slow growing evergreen, clump-forming, perennial that grows to 3 feet tall and 3 feet wide (wider under optimum conditions) is a native of Chihuahuan desert of west Texas, extends into central and south Texas (Rio-Grande area) and northeastern Mexico (Coahuila).. It natively grows in gravelly limestone soils with fast drainage and usually inhabits rocky slopes, valley slopes, canyon areas, prairies and mesquite thickets. Red yucca is adaptable to a variety of soils and to most of the eastern USA as well. It is cold hardy to -20° F (USDA Zone 5). In cooler areas, it grows best when placed in a hot spot like a south-facing wall where it can get reflected heat. While it will tolerate partial shade or light shade if the soil has adequate drainage, it blooms best in full sun. It is drought tolerant, but grows better with supplemental irrigation during a long, hot summer. Be sure to not overwater it.
Red yucca is not a true yucca at all, but is related to the yucca species. It forms a grass-like mound from a rosette of narrow, hard, long, narrow, pointed blue-green leaves. The arching blades resemble rolled grass and have curly threads along the edge of the blade margins. In the winter, the leaves may become a plum color. Unlike the yuccas, red yucca has no thorns. In its naturall setting, deer browse the foliage.
From April through August, the red yucca produces narrow, tubular, inverted bell-shaped, 1.25 inch long rosy-red to salmon-pink blooms on racemes which occur on arching, wand-like, pink 40 to 50" stems. The blooms open from the bottom of the raceme upward. (There is a cream to yellow blooming variety as well). The blooms attract hummingbirds and bees.
The green, ping-pong ball sized, multi-chambered seed pods turn a tannish brown color when dry. The seeds are flat, black and about 9–10mm long by 6–7 mm wide. These seeds should be soaked for 24 hours before planting to encourage faster germination. The plant also may be propagated by dividing the offsets from the base of the mother plant.
Red yucca is widely cultivated in arid and semiarid regions serving as a median plant and/or a roadside plant as well as a landscaping element. It is a great container plant and is a good choice for pool areas and pathways. It may be used as a solitary accent plant, in mass plantings or with various cacti in rock gardens to create a desert-themed landscape. If planting it, be sure that it is not next to plants that need a lot of water. It requires miimal maintenance (removal of spent flower stalks and dead leaf blades) and has no serious pest problems.
bump! - - i have thousands of hearty seeds for this one
HI Lazlo!
My seeds arrived today! Wow, thank you so much for being so generous!
I've....been....trying...to...resist.... I...need...no...more...plnts...seeds...cuttings...
BUT, on the other hand - I must have SOMETHING you want to trade for... What are you looking for my friend???
Sequee . . . are you trying to turn me into a Lycopersicon person?
i have nowhere to grow veggies but you can have a passel of these seeds just for an envelope and the postage.
Thanks LazLo for the generous supply of seeds---I WILL get something growing out of these!!!
Have a wonderful day,
Jan
JanLynn . . . the yucca makes one less plant on your want list ;--)
Don't be so hasty, my friend... I have other things with which to tempt you!
Redflower False Yucca (Hesperaloe parviflora) / aka: Yucca Roja (Red Yucca)
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/31558/
This message was edited Nov 5, 2007 12:39 PM
AHHHHH---one can never have too many plants, but just not enuff room :( My "Wish List" continues to grow...I take one "item" off and add on two more...LOL!!!
Hello!
I know i have d-mailed you a coupe of times, but i keep seeing your post. I also would love some of these also. (this is 3rd request from you, so any extra postage i will be glad to send).
THANKS!
George
Redflower False Yucca (Hesperaloe parviflora) / aka: Yucca Roja (Red Yucca)
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/31558/
This message was edited Nov 12, 2007 11:04 AM
I received my seeds yesterday, LazLo. Thanks, again. : )
~Lucy
Hey, I'm not planning on doing too much trading this year, but I am interested in this plant and the yellow flowering (if anyone has any).
I see you have some herb seed "wants" on your list. I'm sitting here with some agastache (pink color) seeds in front of me. Have more, have TONS of different seeds I can trade but they have been packed up so long I've forgotten this minute what I've got. Will need to d-mail you for a trade of seeds, if interested!
girlgroupgirl
bump . . .
Redflower False Yucca (Hesperaloe parviflora) / aka: Yucca Roja (Red Yucca)
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/31558/
I have oodles and oodles of seeds from this Texas native plant - available for SAE requests (see below) or for trading.
Red yucca (which is not a yucca but an aloe relative) is a stalwart in the landscapes of Texas and the southwest. Its dark green rosette of long, thin leaves rising fountain-like from the base provides an unusual sculptural accent, its long spikes of pink to red to coral bell-shaped flowers last from May through October, and it is exceedingly tough, tolerating extreme heat and cold and needing no attention or supplemental irrigation once established, although many people remove the dried flower stalks in the fall. Unlike yucca, the leaves are not spine-tipped, and have fibrous threads along the edges. Red yucca is native to Central and Western Texas. Hummingbirds are attracted to the flowers, as are bees and butterflies. Drought-tolerant; suitable for xeriscaping. A hardy perennial in USDA zones 5a - 10b.
Reserve a packet with a D-Mail to me, then just send a letter-sized self-addressed envelope with at least 58˘ in LOOSE postage (U.S. postage only). I will provide bubble wrap. If you are outside the U.S. and use PayPal , contact me and we'll work something out about the postage.
My postal info ==> http://davesgarden.com/address_exchange/view.php?user=LazLo
ATBTY ! ~ ŁazŁo
seeds reserved by:
1. LindaCA
2. Breeze1947
3. susybell
4. JanLynn
5. BlueGlancer
6. Sequee
7. pamsue
8. velmansia
9. Tropicanna
10. jsxtiger
11. bamagirl35973
12. flowerhead410
13. daylilydaddy
Hello! Lazloo
I sent out postage on Thursday. I put some extra postage in there just in case someone is short. I think its really cool when someone offers trades for postage only. I just had to move and lost my garden, due to medical reason and am just starting over again and had nothing to trade yet.
THANKS!
George