Plant in full sun to light to moderate shade (where it tends not to bloom) in a well-drained soil. It is drought tolerant and hardy to USDA Zone 7 (<-10 ° F). The broad leaves arranged in spherical heads makes this plant good to contrast other fine textured plants in the garden or for use in a container planting. While the leaf tip is sharp, the leaves are not rigid, so the plant is one of the safer yuccas for the garden. It however has never seemed very vigorous in our cool climate.

Yucca pallida is an endemic to North Central Texas where is usually grows on rocky soil. Our plants are from Mountain States Nursery. The name Yucca was given to the genus by Linnaeus, perhaps by mistake, as it is the Latinized derivation of "yuca", the Caribbean name for Cassava (Manihot esculenta) an unrelated plant in the Euphorbia family that is native to the Caribbean area. Interestingly it was also Linnaeus who applied the name Manihot to Yuca. The specific epithet means "pale" or "pallid" in reference to the light gray-green color of the foliage. We grew this plant from 2006 until 2008. It is one parent of Tony Avent's Yucca 'Silver Anniversary' that Plant Delights Nursery introduced in to commemorate their 25th anniversary in business and this hybrid seems to grow better for us in coastal California. 

The information about Yucca pallida 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.