Types of Yucca Plant – A Complete Guide

Yucca Plants are famous for their broad and spiky leaves that are thick, long, and have strong stems. The stem of this plant is quite strong and woody and the leaves it produces are too broad and large. 

Yucca plants have many different species that are required plants for gardens and landscapes. People also plant them to make their garden a beautiful place for sitting and relaxing.

More so, Yucca Plants do have large and broad leaves and they often get the structure of a palm tree, and hence they look beautiful and tall. So, if you get them in your garden and plant them then you will get a nice tropical look in the garden and it will become a very nice place for you to relax and the view will become prettier than every other place. That is why many people want to plant these plants in their backyards.

Features of Yucca Plant

Though Yucca Plant is a kind of tropical plant it is not a tropical plant. They are mainly famed for being tall, beautiful, and having broader leaves and therefore they are brought home to give a nice view of the garden.

There are approximately 50 species of Yucca plants all over the world and they include Yucca trees and shrubs as well. So, growing Yucca trees in your backyard will be an interesting choice.

The most special feature of the Yucca plant is that Yucca produces many flowers at once and in a bunch. Though they are not cactus they do have leaves like cacti and are also perennial evergreen shrubs people want to plant in their garden to create a beautiful and tropical look in their backyard. They belong to the Asparagaceae plant family and some of the Yucca plants do look like their family trees.

These Yucca plants usually look like trees because of their cane and thick stems that provide them structure like their family tree. Yucca can be identified from very far away due to its spiky and broad leaves.

Also, they do produce white and pink flowers in a bunch. More so, they do have different varieties that produce different color flowers especially, bluish-green, and whitish-green. The Yucca foliage ranges in different colors and some have different structures and variegation.

Their flower of Yucca rises from the center and can reach up to the height of 12 ft. Those Yucca flowers that have bell-shaped flowers belong to a specific variety of Yucca Plants. The trees grow in dry sandy soil and they do require plenty of sunshine for their natural growth. The soil must be enriched with enough nutrients and minerals that it can grow naturally.

Types of Yucca Plant

There are different varieties of Yucca plants and they grow in a different environment with a certain amount of soil and sunlight. Though they can be grown in almost any type of soil, they do require plenty of sunlight and watering so that they can grow beautiful and tall.

Also, they do provide many different color flowers like bluish-green and white flowers. Some of them also produce little yellow flowers in a bunch and that look more beautiful in the broad daylight.

Adam’s Needle

Adam’s Needle is a known variety of flowering Yucca Plant and it gives a nice tall and woody stem that can bear beautiful flowers with heavy foliage. This Yucca plant produces a bunch of white flowers and they are so tall that they can reach up to 2.4 meters high. Not only this but also this plant can survive in cold as well as hot and humid temperatures. All this plant requires is plenty of sunlight and water.

Adam’s needle is a famous evergreen plant and has spiky leaves that are sharp, and spine-tipped. It has a cluster of white flowers and is the perfect choice for landscape plants. The shrub of Yucca is long and thick, and it has dense foliage that attracts many visitors, and therefore many people have knowledge about Yucca, and they want to get them in their garden to make their garden a beautiful place to rest.

More so, Adam’s Needle has many thin filaments in its foliage that is a great identifying nature of this Yucca Plant. Also, Yucca is generally good for providing an adequate amount of oxygen and thus helps in preventing society from various poisonous gases that pollute the environment. Therefore, people are so fond of getting Yucca in their homes. It looks exceptionally beautiful, tall, and has many benefits if you take them home.

Color Guard

The second variety of Yucca is none other than the Color Guard. This is another special type of the Yucca family tree and is famously known as the Color Guard. This plant gives beautiful yellow and white color flowers, and they have beautiful and dense foliage that attracts many visitors, and therefore people always take them home. The leaves of this Yucca plant are very tall and spiky. The leaves are also very strong and shiny. The foliage of this plant grows in a very rosette form.

This plant does not acquire much height, but it expands well. This means, the plant might not get too tall, but it can take too much space in its spot because of how dense its foliage is. More so, this variety of Yucca plants does require plenty of sunlight and the sunlight should reach directly to the plant without any hindrance. Also, the soil in which it is grown should be sandy enough so that it can bear the nutrients and minerals.

Excalibur

The very next variety of Yucca Plant is none other than the Excalibur plant. This plant of Yucca is known as thread Yucca because of the threads in the plant itself. The shrub has wooden and shady leaves that are too stiff and spiky that if you touch them with your hands, you could feel the threads in your hands. In the summer, this plant will produce a large bunch of foliage and flowers that will be of a bell shape.

Along with this, the color of the flowers that it will produce will be white and you can grow them indoors as the leaves are not that sharp and spiky. As the plant gets matured then its stem takes the structure of elephant foot because that is how the plant stem is too woody and hard enough to bear such cute and beautiful dense foliage in it. The leaves are often too large and broad and hence they need good support from the stem.

Spineless Yucca Plant

Till now, all the plants that we have discovered have spiky leaves that are large, broad, and tall. However, this one is a little bit different, and it does not have spiky and sharp broad leaves. Instead, it has some tall but soft and smooth leaves and that is why you can grow this plant in your home also.

Yes, this variety of Yucca plants is famous for planting inside of the home to keep the environment cool. More so, this plant goes very tall, and it adds up to the beauty of your home.

Spineless Yucca plants are one of those Yucca plants that are certainly suitable for being a houseplant. If you do not want them to plant in your garden, then you can plant them inside your home.

They require sunlight and a proper amount of watering to grow well. Other than these two things, they require nutrients and minerals that you could provide through the soil in which you are planting them. More so, Spineless Yucca is one of the tallest Yucca plants.

Spanish Bayonet

Another variety of the famous Yucca Plant is none other than our Spanish Bayonet multi-stemmed Yucca. This is one of the most popular Yucca species and is too ornamental. Just like its name, it has broad and large leaves that are quite spiky and sharp.

The shape of its leaves follows the sword-like structure and hence, they do not look like any other of their family and follow a different trend. More so, they have got the stem too stiff and woody.

This Yucca Plant produces a cluster of little white flowers that appears so bright and shiny. This is one of the best plants to take home and plant in the garden. However, it will be difficult to plant it inside the house, but it will look equally promising and good in the garden as well. It is also famously known as Spanish Dagger and it has a shrub-like structure that has dense leaves that are sharp and pointed

Yucca Flaccida

This is one of the special varieties of Yucca Plant that has weak leaves that easily get dropped or bend over on their own. More so, this plant does not take much height and remains up to 60 cm only.

So, this will be one of the best choices to grow inside your house. As this plant will not take much space as it is not so tall and thus, taking care of this one will also be too easy, and it will add beauty to your house as well.

This plant can easily be identified by its structure as it has sword-like leaves and the leaves are pointed at one end. So, you can easily identify this plant and you can take it to your house as well. This plant produces flowers in a bunch and at the end of the stem.

The flowers are yellow, and they have green leaves. Some of the varieties of this specific plant also produce white flowers but this one is easily found while the other is somewhat rare. So, overall, you can choose this one or the one with white flowers as they both need the same care.

Yucca Gloriosa

The next species of Yucca Plant is the famous Yucca Gloriosa. It is also famously known as the Spanish Dagger but mainly, it is being called by its common name that is Yucca Gloriosa. Yucca Gloriosa has a sword-like structure of leaves but the leaves are not broad or large but, the leaves are very tiny and compact. The leaves of this plant are rich in green color and they are so dense that it will be difficult to take a glance at the flower. The flowers of this plant are rich creamy white.

Yucca Gloriosa has many cultivators, and it is one of the most attractive plants of the Yucca family. It gives a soothing and pleasant fragrance and if you grow this plant inside your house then your house will have a pleasant fragrance throughout the day and night.

This plant can be grown in hot, humid as well as cold temperatures and requires plenty of watering. So, taking care of this plant might be difficult for you as it requires continuous minerals and watering.

Red Yucca Plant

The next Yucca Plat in our list is the Red Yucca Plant and it is easy to identify this plant by the color of the flowers of this plant that is slightly red and slight pink. The plant grows quite tall, and the leaves of this beautiful plant are broad and large. The foliage is dense, and the flowers are too attractive to attract a lot of visitors. Also, it has bluish-green colored leaves and that is why it is easily identifiable.

The flowers that it produces are bell-shaped and not like the traditional sword-like shape. This plant is however suitable for the Mediterranean environment and not in the usual environment.

Therefore, it is not recommended to grow these plants in your garden. This plant mainly requires a cool temperature throughout the year and the temperature should be perfectly suited, otherwise, it will not produce the flowers, and therefore the perfect climate for this plant is the Mediterranean environment.

Joshua Tree

Joshua is one of the fastest-growing desert trees and it is a famous symbol of the Mojave Desert. This tree is very easy to be identified from far away because of its thick and woody trunk that is further divided into many branches that are again too thick and woody. The leaves of this tree are sharp and have a dark green color and they are dense in foliage. The leaves are pointed and too sharp.

Not only this but also the Yucca tree is very tall, and its height can reach up to 15 meters. Its root is too strong, and the stem is quite woody and dense. Joshua tree is recommended for garden only and not for any other location.

This tree produces beautiful yellow and creamy white flowers in a cluster and the perfect season for these flowers is early spring and late winter. This tree does not produce flowers in the summer season because it needs a cool temperature to grow.

Soapweed Yucca Plant

Another famous species of Yucca tree is none other than the Soapweed Yucca Plant. This Yucca plant is shrubby, and its leaf takes the sharp sword-like structure. This plant is found in the deserts and you can easily identify this plant because of its long, narrow, and spiky leaves.

The height of this plant does not reach more than 0.6 meters and it is quite compact in breadth. Hence, this plant is however suitable to be grown inside the house as well if you are ready to take care of it.

The Soapweed plants produce white and green flowers at the end of the stem that is not so tall but still, can bear the weight of the cluster of flowers. This plant is somewhat like the Spanish Bayonet plant but still, it has got some amazing features that are not present in any other plant. This plant is mainly grown at cold temperatures and does not require too much sunlight and watering so it will be easier for you to take care of this plant.

Banana Yucca Plant

Next on our list is the famous banana Yucca Plant. You must have heard about this specific plant because this is quite popular and most of the people choose this plant in the Yucca family to bring them home and to plant in their garden. Have you ever wondered why? Well, this plant has its specific features that are not present in any of its family member. This Banana Yucca Plant produces small banana-shaped fruits, and they are mostly found in a deserted areas.

Apart from this, the Banana Yucca Plant also gives a shrubby structure to its stem and roots and the roots of this plant are quite heavy and wooden. This plant carries more weight of the flowers as well as the small fruits that are produced on the tree and therefore it requires a lot of nutrition and care to grow well. Also, taking care of this plant is not an easy job because it requires a continuous supply of minerals and water.

Mojave Yucca Plant

Another one on our list is the famous Mojave Yucca Plant that is also known as Spanish Dagger. Just like its name, the leaves of this plant are sharp and pointed towards one end. This Yucca Plant can reach up to a height of 5 meters, but the leaves are dangerously sharp, and you should never touch the leaves with your hand. It does not grow as a large tree, but the height remains like a medium-sized tree.

Apart from this, the Mojave Yucca Plant also produces a cluster of white flowers that are too small but as they are produced in a cluster, they look beautiful. This tree requires a lot of attention and proper handling and only then you will be able to grow them well. However, people normally do not consider growing this tree in their homes as it is difficult to maintain it. If you can give additional time, then only you should think about planting this Yucca Plant in your garden.

Beaked Yucca Plant

Beaked Yucca is a dense wooden stemmed plant, and it has bluish-green leaves, and it also has dense foliage. The foliage is round, and the leaves take a long thin, and pointed structure in a cluster. This tree is neither too large nor too small and it is one of the best choices to plant in your backyard. Not only this but also a large bunch of flowers are produced in this tree. Along with this, the color of the flowers is slightly red and mostly white.

However, the tree grows enough tall that you cannot plant it inside of your house, but you can plant it in your garden. This Yucca tree will also give you proper shade and requires a lot of handling and care. Also, the perfect temperature for growing this tree is not too hot and not too cold, it should be mild cold so that it can get proper nutrition and grow well. However, people always choose a cold temperature to grow this Beaked Yucca Tree.

Twisted Yucca Tree

Now comes the most interesting plant of the Yucca family tree and it is popularly known as Twisted Yucca Tree. It has dense foliage of light green color. The leaves of this plant take the pointed and sharp shape just like the Beaked Yucca plant leaves. These are suitable for planting inside of your house as well because they do not grow too tall.

The most important thing about this plant is that the flowers that are produced by this plant are white and takes a small bell shape. They emerge from plants and produce a large bunch of flowers at once. As this tree is suitable for houses, it does require too much care and nutrition. Apart from this, a mild temperature is required to grow them well.