Yucca Species, Banana Yucca, Broad-Leaf Yucca, Datil Yucca, Fleshy-Fruited Yucca (Yucca baccata)

Photo courtesy of Doug Dawson. This plant is located on South Houserock Road on the Grand Canyon Rim at Buck Farm Overlook.

Flowering in early April, late Spring, zone 9b. Desert Botanical Gardens. This photo was originally added to the PlantFiles on Feb 8, 2007

Close up of Yucca blossom. Beautiful!

Grasshopper Point on Oak Creek, Sedona, Arizona, May 14, 2010, Early Summer, Zone 7a.

A new Banana Yucca, Fleshy-Fruited Yucca, Datil Yucca (Yucca baccata var. baccata) bloomstalk emerging in March.

The cream colored flowes are sometimes striped in purple. (Shown in April)


Yucca baccata, near Searchligh, Nevada, USA, July 1998

Fruit on Banana Yucca, near Searchlight, Nevada, USA, July 1998

Banana Yucca, Fleshy-Fruited Yucca, Datil Yucca (Yucca baccata var. baccata) bloom just starting to open in March showing the fine hairs on the petal tips.

Yucca baccata (Banana Yucca)

Yucca baccata (Banana Yucca)

In my own garden.

This picture was taken in the extre

bluish plant in southern California (variety vespertina)

Denver Botanic Gardens 07/02/2009.

Denver Botanic Gardens 07/21/2009.

show plant, Los Angeles

Yucca baccata. New leaf emerges folded in half. Unfolds as it grows out, gains substantial thickness.

Grasshopper Point on Oak Creek, Sedona, Arizona, May 14, 2010, Early Summer, Zone 7a.

Grasshopper Point on Oak Creek, Sedona, Arizona, May 14, 2010, Early Summer, Zone 7a.

Grasshopper Point on Oak Creek, Sedona, Arizona, May 14, 2010, Early Summer, Zone 7a.

Desert Botanical Gardens. This photo was originally added to the PlantFiles on Mar 11, 2005

Desert Botanical Gardens. This photo was originally added to the PlantFiles on Mar 11, 2005

Desert Botanical Gardens. This photo was originally added to the PlantFiles on Mar 11, 2005

Flowering in early April, late Spring, zone 9b. Desert Botanical Gardens. This photo was originally added to the PlantFiles on Feb 8, 2007

Growing wild on the banks of Watson Lake in Prescott, Arizona. 5200 ft elevation. August 6th, late Summer, zone 7b. Originally added to the PlantFiles on Jan 15, 2008

Photo courtesy of Doug Dawson. This plant is located on South Houserock Road on the Grand Canyon Rim at Buck Farm Overlook.

Barnhardt Trail. Mazatzal Wilderness. Central Arizona. March 26, 2011. Mid Spring.

Tuzigoot National Monument, Arizona. April 30, 2011, zone 8a, April 30, 2011, late Spring. Elev. 3550 ft.

Tuzigoot National Monument, Arizona. April 30, 2011, zone 8a, April 30, 2011, late Spring. Elev. 3550 ft.

Santa Barbara Botanical Garden plant



Growing on the surrounding land of San Carlos Lake; Gila County; Oct 15, 2011; Autumn; Zone 9a; Elevation: about 3500 ft.

May 2, 2014. Late Spring, Zone 9a/9b. Seven Springs and Bartlett Lake area, Arizona. Elevation about 2800 ft.

On the edge of the cliff of the Grand Canyon North Rim. Blooming May 31, 2013. Zone 7b.

On the edge of the cliff of the Grand Canyon North Rim. Blooming May 31, 2013. Zone 7b.

On the edge of the cliff of the Grand Canyon North Rim. Blooming May 31, 2013. Zone 7b.

In Arizona at Destination:Forever Ranch and Gardens, a 40 acre desert botanical garden and sustainable living homestead in the Arizona desert with a nursery. Photo courtesy of Jan Emming Copyright of Jan Emming.

In Arizona at Destination:Forever Ranch and Gardens, a 40 acre desert botanical garden and sustainable living homestead in the Arizona desert with a nursery. Photo courtesy of Jan Emming Copyright of Jan Emming.

At the Grand Canyon Skywalk in Arizona


Copyright Jan Emming of Destination:Forever Ranch and Gardens in AR.

Covered in frost in Mid-December. South Jordan, Utah, United States

Plant in early July. South Jordan, Utah, United States

Unripe fruit on wild plant in mid July. Washington, Utah, United States

Wild plant in mid July. Washington, Utah, United States

Wild plant in mid July. Washington, Utah, United States

Decaying stems of dead plant. Washington, Utah, United States

Decaying stems of dead plant. Washington, Utah, United States

Wild plant in mid July. Washington, Utah, United States

Wild plant in mid July. Zion National Park, Washington County, Utah, United States

Wild plant in late July. Washington, Utah, United States

Wild plant in late July. Washington, Utah, United States

Wild plant in late July. Washington, Utah, United States

Wild plant in late July. Washington, Utah, United States

Wild plant in late July. Washington, Utah, United States

Decayed and hollow stem. Washington, Utah, United States

Wild plant in late July. Washington, Utah, United States

Wild plant in late July. Washington, Utah, United States

Photo courtesy/copyright of Jan Emming, Destination:Forever Ranch and Gardens, a 40 acre desert botanical garden/sustainable living homestead, AZ.

Seed pod. Copyright Jan Emming, Destination:Forever Ranch and Gardens, a 40 acre desert botanical garden/sustainable living homestead, AZ.

Along Chicken Springs Road, Hualapai Mountains, Arizona. Copyright Michelle Cloud-Hughes, Desert Solitaire Botany and Ecological Restoration, San Diego, CA.
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Yucca Species, Banana Yucca, Broad-Leaf Yucca, Datil Yucca, Fleshy-Fruited Yucca
Yucca baccata
Type: | Alpines and Rock Gardens, Perennials |
Height: | 24 in. - 8 ft. | 60 cm - 2.4 m |
Conditions: | Zone 4-9, Full Sun |