Yucca baccata | Eve'S Date, Date Fruit. Originated in … Mexico | Shrub
Yucca baccata belongs to the plant family AGAVACEÆ and Genus Yucca This Shrub will grow well in a wide variety of loam or soils pertaining to most average garden situations , a pH which can apply to most normal garden soil conditions, . All plants need light to allow the photosynthesis process of converting carbon dioxide to growth sugars to take place. Some plants need more sun-light than others. For this plant those sunlight conditions are well described as … Various
We are often asked about plants for humming bird attraction. Unfortunately Yucca baccata does not attract these beautiful hummingbird, sunbird or nectar feeding varieties of garden birds
Impressive Autumn foliage display is not shown by Yucca baccata so look for an alternative plant for pleasing Fall leaf properties
Yucca baccata Eve's date,date fruit is not known as a butterfly attracting plant
Yucca baccata | Eve'S Date, Date Fruit is an evergreen specimen which means it keeps it leaves throughout the year.
Almost all plants grown in gardens need to be fed using fertilzer in order to see them at their best. For this plant the suggested fertilizer program would be based upon … Typical mix of: 3 parts Nitrogen (N), 2 parts Phosphorous (P) and 3 parts Potassium (K for Latin name Kalium).
Yucca baccata will under good growing conditions survive and prosper between 5 and20 years.
Yucca baccata is a woody perennial. Eve's date (locally known in some parts as date fruit) is evergreen.
This specimen plant will normally never grow higher than 3' feet will have an overall spread somewhere between ... not specified on this plants page
Some suggested culinary uses for this plant are … Fresh. A descriptive flavor or texture charateristic of this plant is … sweet tasting with a slight bitterness
Seed pods … 3 to 6 inches long, cylindrical and curved like a banana, dark purple in color
The seed pods are 3 to 6 inches long, cylindrical and curved like a banana, dark purple in color. It is sweet tasting with a slight bitterness. Yucca baccata is most frequently used fresh.
"Growing Unusual Fruit", Alan E. Simmons, Walker and Company, New York, 1972.