
5 JOSHUA TREE Palm Tree Yucca Brevifolia White Flowers Cactus Succulent Seeds
DESCRIPTION: NAME: Joshua Tree OTHER COMMON NAMES: Yucca Palm / Tree Yucca / Palm Tree Yucca SCIENTIFIC NAME: Yucca Brevifolia COLOR: White PLANT SEEDS: When soil temp warms to 70F BLOOM TIME: Feb - April HARDINESS ZONE: 6 - 11 PLANT HEIGHT: 20 - 45' PLANT SPACING: 15 - 20' LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun SOIL & WATER PREFERENCES: Average - Dry QUANTITY: 5 Seeds OTHER: The Joshua Tree is a cactus & succulent tree native to the deserts of the Southwestern US. It is the largest of all the Yuccas, & they can live for up to 150 years! The Joshua Tree has spiky evergreen leaves that measure 8 - 14" long. The branches have a forking habit, & in the deserts where habitat is limited, birds drill holes in the trunks & branches to make nests. (This does not harm the plant.) In early spring, huge 18 - 36" long clusters of flowers bloom in a stunning display. They are pollinated by the yucca moth, for whom it is a larval host, both totally reliant on one other. The flowers turn into in