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Beschorneria yuccoides is a stemless succulent from the mountains of central Mexico, grown for its rosette of grey-green leaves and tall red flower stalks. It needs full sun, good drainage, and protection from hard frost.
Beschorneria yuccoides is a species of succulent plant belonging to the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae.
This plant is not tolerant of severe freezes, and is best suited to warm, sheltered south- or west-facing places in full sun, where temperatures do not fall below −5 °C (23 °F). Alternatively, it can be grown under glass.
It grows outdoors at Earlscliffe, Howth, County Dublin, Ireland, at a latitude of 53.3º N, where it benefits from the unusually favourable microclimate.
Beschorneria yuccoides is present in Mexico, in the states of Hidalgo, Puebla and Veracruz, at an elevation of 2,700–3,000 m (8,900–9,800 ft) above sea level.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Beschorneria yuccoides by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
