If you delight havingyuccasin your landscape painting but would like a small variety , do not despair . There is an potpourri of exchangeable industrial plant that can be used in place of or in addition to the yucca . Like the yucca , these sun - have a go at it succulents require petty maintenance . When plant together , these plants compliment each other and lend involvement to the landscape . When used alone , they cater an attractive focal point .

Agave

normally known as the century flora , the agave has large succulent leaves that are edged with tooth and have a sharp spine on the pourboire . Two of the more popular landscaping choices are the Agave Americana and Agave havardiana . Garden specimens range from a foot or less to over 6 foot tall and about 4 feet full . Depending on the type of agave , color may vary from ghost of immature to blasphemous - gray . Usually it take from five to 40 years for the plant to bloom . A spectacular flower stalk go forth from the center of the plant . It is so turgid it zaps all the nutrient from the female parent plant . After bloom , the plant dies , will many small American aloe around its foot . These offsets can be removed and transplanted . Due to its large size , a single agave is often used as the focal item in a landscape .

Hesperaloe

Although not a true yucca , Hesperaloe parvilflora , or ruby yucca , congratulate a desert landscape painting . This plant life has foresighted , narrow-minded , leaf blade - corresponding leave with curly fibers along the edges . The plants develop about 2 to 3 feet high and spread about 4 animal foot wide . From spring until fall , reddened bell - regulate blooms appear on 8 - human foot - marvelous flower stalks . These beautiful red-faced flowers attract hummingbird . After bloom , large light-green pods full of black shiny seed remain on the stalks for propagation . clustering of two or three red yuccas are often implant together .

Dasylirion

Dasylirion texanum , commonly known as Texas sotol or desert spoon is a grassy succulent that has narrow , lightheaded green leave with edges like the tooth of a saw leaf blade . The slender leaves grow from a cardinal trunk . Tall flower shuck are often 9 to 15 feet marvellous . A yellowish flower is produced from May to August which appeal hummingbirds . Propagation is by seed or removal of offsets . These plants are often used either in heap or as focal points .

Nolina

The Nolina microcarpa , also commonly called beargrass or sawgrass , has bluish - green foliage . Its long folio blades are slant with curly fiber and are an attractive contrast to the large bulky leaves of yucca and agaves . Although there are no seeable tooth along the foliage gross profit margin , the raspy edges can cut like a razor . These works arise to about 6 feet in height and can spread to 8 groundwork in width . From May through June , dense clusters of white , plume - similar blooms appear on grandiloquent flower stalks . Propagation is by seeds or removal of offsets . These bushy plant are often used as accent piece . They do well on hillsides and are sturdy enough to withstand high malarkey .

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