Hesperaloe Species, Redflower False Yucca, Red Yucca (Hesperaloe parviflora)
Redflower False Yucca, Red Yucca (Hesperaloe parviflora) bloom buds shown in subdued light
Redflower False Yucca, Red Yucca (Hesperaloe parviflora) blooms opening
close-up of flowers in the foreground
Red Yucca, a close up of the flowers.
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Phoenix, Arizona, zone 9b. Can handle full sun in Phoenix.
Late May 2002.
Red Yucca seed pod ... (San Antonio, Tx.)
Red Yucca blooms and seed pod ...(San Antonio, Tx.)
Blooms closer up ...(San Antonio, Tx.)
Ripe seedpod ready for the black seeds to be dispersed in January. The seeds in the upper chamber have been dispersed.(San Antonio, Tx.)
A seedpod shown headon with the seeds ready to be dispersed in January. (San Antinio, Tx.)
The seeds grow wedged in the pods, in a half moon shape.
A close-up of the foliage
Phoenix, Arizona, zone 9b. Can handle full sun in Phoenix.
Phoenix, Arizona, zone 9b. Can handle full sun in Phoenix.
Can handle full sun in Phoenix, zone 9b
One plant can have several tall, long-lasting flower stalks at once.
These grow well in the high desert - hummers love them
Phoenix, Arizona, zone 9b. Can handle full sun in Phoenix
Early springtime, mid March, zone 9a/9b. New flower stalk forming at the Desert Botanical Gardens in Phoenix.
The bloom spikes are taller than me (6 ft.).
Red Yucca, the whole plant.
Purchased from Plant Delights in October 2005
Sunset Beach - Vancouver, B.C. Canada
One of the Redflower False Yucca, Red Yucca (Hesperaloe parviflora) I received from my Mother sent up a bloomstalk on the day my Mother died. The other one sent up a bloomstalk 6 days later on the day of her funeral. Shown here, 12 days after it came up.
Mid April, mid Spring, zone 9b, Phoenix, AZ
Redflower False Yucca, Red Yucca (Hesperaloe parviflora) bloom 1 day before it fully opened.
I had received 2 Redflower False Yuccas (Hesperaloe parviflora) from my Mother. This one's bloomstalk emerged the day she died and the other plant's bloomstalk emerged the day of her funeral. The first one opened its first blooms on her birthday, April 1st.
Image Courtesy of D'Asign Source Botanicals
These are the seedlings growing. I purchased the 'Red Yucca' seeds from DG's Marketplace.
flower spike at the begin of May
Western McLennan Co., TX, June 2007
We had a lot of rain and the flower stalks got really tall this year
Red Yucca Bloom
Red Yucca flower
seed pods
Redflower False Yucca
Hesperaloe parviflora
Red Yucca, but mine have never really been red, more of a coral I think.
Again, really more of a coral and this shows it's pretty yellow inner. The hummingbirds do love these flowers.
Seattle, WA - Front Yard
Seattle, WA - Front Yard
Closeup of hesperaloe stem and flowers, Meridian Idaho
Red and yellow flowered hesperaloes in Meridian Idaho
In a private garden in Phoenix, Arizona
Krapets, Bulgaria, zone 8a.
Hesperaloe parviflora Yellow and red. Borrego Springs, Ca. Photo courtesy of Ken Blackford. Copyright Ken Blackford. San Diego, Ca.
Hesperaloe parviflora Yellow and red. Borrego Springs, Ca. Photo courtesy of Ken Blackford. Copyright Ken Blackford. San Diego, Ca.
Seeds.
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Hesperaloe Species, Redflower False Yucca, Red Yucca
Hesperaloe parviflora
| Type: | Perennials |
| Height: | 36-48 in. (90-120 cm) |
| Conditions: | Zone 5-10, Full Sun |
