The recommended seeding rate is 35 pounds per acre, sown in the fall. It makes it most impressive display of fields of blue during years with abundant winter rains. The definition of a yucca is a plant that has sword shaped evergreen leaves and a cluster of large white flowers on a tall stalk. The Red Yucca is not a yucca, and it is pink. The flowers are salmon or coral in color and arranged along the top of a 5 foot stalk.
Deer love to eat the flowers and the nectar is a favorite of hummingbirds.
The Red Yucca is found in prairies, on rocks, slopes, and in mesquite groves. It is used in landscapes in many places around the world. They bloom from Spring to first frost and prefer well drained sand, loam, clay, and limestone soils. The Carolina Jessamine is a vine that climbs by twining. The required spacing is 6 to 8 feet apart.