Description: This sale consists of 60 seeds. RECOMMENDED CARE:This is a very hardy plant. Almost anything will do it well. Upon arrival, it may be potted or placed in ground. Cover with well-drained silty, sandy or clay mix soil just over the white base. ALWAYS well drained area or pot or soil. More sun than shaded area. Preferably full sun. For the first couple of weeks, water to keep soil moist. Do not water again until soil is dry. When it becomes well established, you may seldom water. EXTRA INFO:False Red Yucca is a Native Plant, indigenous to Texas and most of the Southwest. It is easily adaptable to normal garden soil and/or a Container Garden. This is a slow-growing plant and it often requires 5 years from seed to bloom on young plants. The red yucca (Hesperaloe parviflora) is a large plant that makes a dramatic impact in almost any landscape. Mature plants can produce flower stalks as tall as 8 feet — although the average height is around 4 feet — which rise from mounds of long, thin leaves. Most plants range in width from 2 to 3 feet but may be as large as 4 feet across. The showy flower stalks are lined with bright red flowers, which attract hummingbirds. This plant is generally hardy, but even the toughest plants won’t bloom unless given proper care. Hummingbirds and Butterflies Love this Plant! Ensure that the plant is getting plenty of sun. It needs a full day’s worth of sunlight to bloom, and more important, to survive. The red yucca is hardy in Sunset’s Climate Zones. It can survive some cold areas with proper care. A late frost, however may damage flower stalks that are just beginning to bloom. If the newly emerging flower stalks are black, cut them off and wait. This plant blooms from early summer to fall, and new flower stalks will emerge in time.Protect the red yucca from deer. Hungry deer will nibble away at this plant, preventing it from blooming. While most yuccas have sharp edges on their leaves to prevent this, the red yucca is not a true yucca and has unarmed leaves. Cover it with a net at night or install a floodlight by the plant. Feel the soil. Red yuccas thrive in drought conditions. Frost conditions do it no harm either, just do not let it be too consistent. It is a primarily a drought resistant plant. They can even grow well in nutrient-poor, rocky soils. What they cannot tolerate is overly wet soil. This leads to root rot, which destroys the roots of the plant and prevents it from blooming. Move the plant to a location where the ground drains well, or simply stop watering it if you have been irrigating it too often.
Price: 7 USD
Location: Donna, Texas
End Time: 2023-11-08T04:03:29.000Z
Shipping Cost: 0 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Brand: Unbranded
Type: Bush & Shrub Seeds
Common Name: Red Yucca Hummingbird Plant
Genus: Yucca
Color: Red
