Yucca aloifolia - Spanish bayonet

Spanish bayonet (Yucca aloifolia) is a slow-growing, upright evergreen yucca native to the coastal south-eastern United States, where it grows on sand dunes and in pine forests. Its flowers, fruit, and flowering stem are edible, and its leaf fibre makes cordage and basketry. Dense, sharp-tipped leaves make it a useful security Barrier. It reaches 3-4.5 m tall, exceptionally 7.5 m,¹² and 0.9-1.5 m wide.²

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹
• Full sun¹
• Semi-shade¹
• Well drained soil¹
• Moist soil¹

Outputs

• Human food¹
• Medicinal use¹
• Fibre¹
• Soap substitute¹
• Piscicide¹

Type

• Shrub
• Evergreen

Functions

• Barrier²
• Defensive planting²
• Drought-tolerance¹²

Dimension	At maturity
Height (m)	3-4.5 (up to 7.5)
Diameter (m)	0.9-1.5

Footnotes

1. Yucca aloifolia | Plants for a Future ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹² ↩¹³ ↩¹⁴

2. Yucca aloifolia | UF/IFAS Gardening Solutions, University of Florida ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵