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Yucca elephantipes 'Marginata' (Variegated Giant Yucca) - This is a quick and easy-growing treelike yucca with a trunk, usually multi-stemmed, to 15 feet tall or more. Some specimens can even reach a height of 25 feet. The soft-tipped 12-18-inch-long flexible leaves are pale green with a narrow cream-colored stripe and small teeth along the margins and a soft tip. Large white flowers appear in late spring or summer on 2-3-foot-tall flower stalks.
Plant in full sun in a well-drained soil and irrigate little to occasionally. It is both drought, moderately frost tolerant and cold hardy to short duration temperatures down to 15-20° F without damage. It will grow well in seaside gardens.
For more information about the origin of this species and is currently accepted nomenclature as Yucca gigantea, see our listing for Yucca elephantipes.
The information about Yucca elephantipes 'Marginata' displayed on this web page is based on our research conducted in the nursery's horticultural library and from reliable online resources. We also include observations made about it as it grows in our nursery gardens and other gardens we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We will also incorporate comments we receive from others and welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they can share cultural information that would aid others in growing this plant. |
