Other Names:  H. funifera x parviflora

Brand:  Mountain States Nursery

Description:

This stately succulent plant produces a clump of spiky, upright, green foliage with white fraying fibers along the margins; tall, vertical spikes covered with pink flowers in spring to summer; a perfect accent plant for waterwise gardens or containers

Ornamental Features

Pink Parade® Red Yucca features showy spikes of pink bell-shaped flowers with coral-pink overtones and shell pink eyes rising above the foliage from late spring to mid summer. Its attractive large succulent spiny leaves are green in color. The foliage often turns brick red in fall. It produces khaki (brownish-green) capsules in late fall.

Landscape Attributes

Pink Parade® Red Yucca is an herbaceous evergreen perennial with tall flower stalks held atop a low mound of foliage. Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other garden plants with less refined foliage.

This is a relatively low maintenance plant, and is best cleaned up in early spring before it resumes active growth for the season. It is a good choice for attracting hummingbirds to your yard. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Pink Parade® Red Yucca is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• Mass Planting
• Rock/Alpine Gardens
• General Garden Use
• Naturalizing And Woodland Gardens
• Container Planting

Planting & Growing

Pink Parade® Red Yucca will grow to be about 4 feet tall at maturity extending to 8 feet tall with the flowers, with a spread of 4 feet. When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant, individual plants should be spaced approximately 3 feet apart. Its foliage tends to remain dense right to the ground, not requiring facer plants in front. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 10 years. As an evegreen perennial, this plant will typically keep its form and foliage year-round.

This plant should only be grown in full sunlight. It prefers dry to average moisture levels with very well-drained soil, and will often die in standing water. It is considered to be drought-tolerant, and thus makes an ideal choice for a low-water garden or xeriscape application. This plant does not require much in the way of fertilizing once established. It is not particular as to soil pH, but grows best in poor soils. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.

Pink Parade® Red Yucca is a fine choice for the garden, but it is also a good selection for planting in outdoor pots and containers. With its upright habit of growth, it is best suited for use as a 'thriller' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination; plant it near the center of the pot, surrounded by smaller plants and those that spill over the edges. It is even sizeable enough that it can be grown alone in a suitable container. Note that when growing plants in outdoor containers and baskets, they may require more frequent waterings than they would in the yard or garden.