Yucca whipplei percusa

Identification

Yucca whipplei percusa, No current common name.
Yucca whipplei percusa - grid24_3
Yucca whipplei percusa, flowers
Yucca whipplei percusa, Our Lords Candle in flower. - grid24_3
Yucca whipplei percusa, Our lord's candle
Yucca whipplei percusa in the sunset. - grid24_3
Yucca whipplei percusa
Yucca whipplei percusa, Our lord's candle in bud and with seed heads. - grid24_3
Yucca whippleii percusa in bud with Chamise, Ceanothus cuneatus, and Big Berried manzanita in background.

Description

A 1-3' evergreen stemless shrub. It has cream colored flowers in an 8' spike. The leaves are spine-tipped. (The kids when they were little called them yuccies.) This one suckers and slowly spreads into a 2-3' across clump. Native to central and southern California. It likes full sun, no water after established. It tolerates serpentine soil. A good barrier plant. They grow on the mountain behind the nursery in granite under chamise. The summer temperatures often get above 130 degrees and the rainfall is about 20 inches. This plant survived the cold in containers (along with Y. whipplei percusa). It has rhizomes and spreads slowly (2' in 10 years).

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Contact: pan@laspilitas.com
We are currently not selling this plant through our Online storefront.

Available at our Santa Margarita store.

Contact: bawilson@laspilitas.com
Hours: Open Saturday only from 9am to 4pm
Address: 3232 Las Pilitas Rd. Santa Margarita, CA 93453
We are currently not selling this plant through our Santa Margarita storefront.

Available at our Escondido store.

Contact: escondido@laspilitas.com
Hours: Open Tuesday through Saturday from 9am to 4pm
Address: 8331 Nelson Way Escondido, CA 92026
We are currently not selling this plant through our Escondido storefront.

Characteristics

Yucca whipplei percusa tolerates serpentine.

Yucca whipplei percusa's foliage type is evergreen.
Yucca whipplei percusa's flower color is white.

Communities

Communities for Yucca whipplei percusa:Chaparral and Coastal Sage Scrub.

Ranges for Yucca whipplei percusa

ph: 6.00 to 8.00
usda: 6 to 10
height[m]: 0.50 to 0.70
width[m]: 0.50 to 1.00
rainfall[cm]: 31.00 to 77.00

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