Faxon Yucca, Yucca faxoniana
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| Faxon Yucca, Yucca faxoniana. Photos Taken: Boyce Thompson Arboretum, Superior, Arizona. May 13, 2008. |
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| Faxon Yucca Spines Yucca faxoniana Spines | Faxon Yucca Yucca faxoniana Leaf Margins |
Faxon Yucca Yucca faxoniana is a perhaps the largest of the Texas native Yucca. It mainly grows in western Texas and the bordering Mexican States of Coahuile and Chihuahua. Native grown Faxon Yucca plants can reach a height of 18-34 feet tall and usually have a single trunk that when trimmed, has an average diameter of 16 - 20 inches that has a dark brown color, with irregular furrows. Occasionally, Y.faxoniana will branch out after flowering, forming two heads, growing very close together. These branched trunks are rarely seen but very impressive. The green leaves are 3 -3 3/4 feet long and up to 2 inches in width, but in a garden they can reach a length of 3 3/4 - 4 feet long, forming a symmetrical head. The leaf margin has a brown edge from which thin, curled white filaments are growing. In its natural habitat, it flowers about once every three or four years, producing flower clusters up to about 6 feet tall. The inflorescence is 3 1/3 feet to about 4 feet long, towering high above the leaves. The flower stalk has greenish white flowers that are about 2 - 3 1/2 inches long. It has excellent heat and drought tolerance and is hardy into the low teens.
Height: About 18-34 feet tall and 5 - 8 feet wide.
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