Yucca arkansana (Arkansas Yucca) part shade and tolerates poor drainage

and tolerates poor drainage

Texas native Yes Water use Low Sun exposure Full sun Bloom color Orange Bloom time Spring

Its seedheads resemble turkey's foot and seeds mature in the fall

moths Host plant Clymene moth

It can also be grown in clay soil

Yucca arkansana (Arkansas Yucca) part shade and tolerates poor drainageArkansas Yucca is one of the smallest Texas yuccas. Its leaves are light green, white edged, sometimes twisted. This is the yucca most commonly found in Cross Timbers and Texas Blackland Prairies Ecoregions. In the Cross Timbers ecoregion it often grows in the shaded understory but doesn't get enough light to flower. Flowers are very showy, creamy white and bell shaped, and make this a beautiful mass planting. As with all yuccas, it needs good