where can you find yucca plants Soaptree Yucca – Native Gardeners

where can you find yucca plants Soaptree Yucca – Native GardenersYucca elata Commonly known as Soaptree Yucca, Soaptree, Soaped Yucca, Palmilla, Palmella, Amole. Soaptree Yucca is a 5 20 ft., tree like yucca with fine, arching, gray green to blue green leaves with white margins. Plants resemble coarse bunchgrass when young, gradually developing several heads on trunk like stems with age. The flowering stem grows to 3 7 ft. long with 25 30 side branches covered with clusters of creamy white, bell shaped flowers. The

Yucca elata

Commonly known as Soaptree Yucca, Soaptree, Soaped Yucca, Palmilla, Palmella, Amole.

Soaptree Yucca is a 5-20 ft., tree-like yucca with fine, arching, gray-green to blue-green leaves with white margins. Plants resemble coarse bunchgrass when young, gradually developing several heads on trunk-like stems with age. The flowering stem grows to 3-7 ft. long with 25-30 side branches covered with clusters of creamy-white, bell-shaped flowers. The brown, woody seed capsule is interesting. Evergreen, palmlike shrub or small tree with single trunk or several clustered trunks; unbranched or with few upright branches and very long, narrow leaves. Growth is extremely slow, about 1" in height a year. The local name "Palmilla," Spanish for "small palm," refers to the resemblance of this species to a palm.

Soapy material in the roots and trunks of this abundant species has been used as a soap substitute. The leaves are a source of coarse fiber and have been used by Native Americans in making baskets.

Plant in well-draining soils in full sun. 

Height: 12'-20'
Spread: 6'-10'
Bloom: April-June
Light: Full Sun
Water: Low
Zone: 6-11
Origin: Southwest Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Mexico