How to Grow and Care for Beaked (Big Bend) Yucca

Yucca rostrata

Drought tolerant, chilly hardy, and common with wildlife of all styles and sizes, the beaked or massive bend yucca (Yucca rostrata) is straightforward to like.

In the proper situations, it’s additionally pretty straightforward to develop. Hardy in USDA Zones 5 to 12, this tall species requires little to no upkeep as soon as established in sunny, arid situations.

In our information to rising yucca, we cowl the right way to domesticate members of this numerous genus in your panorama.

Learn on to seek out out extra about beaked yucca and the right way to develop it at dwelling. Right here’s what I’ll cowl:

This denizen of the desert grows as much as 15 ft excessive, 10 ft huge, and sports activities a cluster of spear-shaped, stiff, blue-gray leaves on high of a thick trunk.

Though Y. rostrata seems to be like a tree, it’s technically a big herb, or forb, because it doesn’t produce woody development.

Importantly, the leaves of this species should not as sharp nor as inflexible as a few of the different tall varieties, similar to Y. rigida, the blue yucca.

This makes it a sensible choice for gardens, particularly you probably have young children round.

Come spring, Y. rostrata sprouts a tall cluster of bell formed, cream coloured flowers that erupt, fountain like, from the middle of its rosette.

The flowers are pollinated solely by the yucca moth, however entice a variety of hummingbirds, bees, and butterflies.

Because the plant ages, it typically branches, creating two giant tufts of foliage crammed with lengthy, slender leaves.

These leaves, if not eliminated, finally senesce and die, mendacity flat in opposition to the trunk. Over time, Y. rostrata acquires a “skirt” of those pale beige leaves, creating necessary habitat for wildlife.

In its native Texas, and the Chihuahua, and Coahuila areas of Mexico, this species thrives in habitats with little or no annual rainfall.