Twistleaf Yucca
Yucca rupicolaTwistleaf Yucca is a succulent native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 1–2 ft tall and 2 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and low water, and handles caliche and clay soil. Blooms white and green in Apr–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 twisting blue-green leaves, Hill Country endemic, with a white flower spike in summer.
Why it works here
Sculptural evergreen form for rocky ground, without the dangerous spines of larger yuccas. Larval host for the yucca giant skipper.
Watch out
Slow. Older leaves twist more, which is the point, not a problem.
The facts
6 sources- Type
- Succulent
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (3+ hrs)
- Water
- Low
- Height
- 1–2 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Bloom
- Apr–Jun · white, green
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Soil
- Takes caliche and clay · recorded on sand, loam, rocky, limestone, caliche, well drained, dry
- 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:
5,963 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.