Pale Leaf Yucca
Yucca pallidaAlso called Paleleaf Yucca
Pale Leaf Yucca is a succulent native to Central Texas that grows 1 ft tall and 2 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and very low water, and handles clay soil. Blooms white in May–Jun. Evergreen — it holds its leaves through winter. Deer rarely browse it. Good for butterflies.
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From our guide
Village of the HillsLow rosette of stiff blue-gray leaves with a tall spike of white bells in spring.
Why it works here
Small enough for a bed, blue enough to be a color accent, and it wants nothing at all.
Watch out
Leaf tips are sharp but not dangerous. Rots in irrigated clay.
The facts
6 sources- Type
- Succulent
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (3+ hrs)
- Water
- Very low
- Height
- 1 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Bloom
- May–Jun · white
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Soil
- Takes clay · recorded on clay, dry, well drained
- Deer
- High — deer rarely browse it. Foliage ignored; bloom spikes occasionally taken
- Wildlife
- Supports butterflies
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
308 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).
Can you buy it?
In the Village of the Hills guide, but not on the grower stock lists we read yet. Ask a native-plant nursery.