Don Quixote

Don Quixote's Lace Yucca, Spanish Dagger, Palma Pita

Yucca treculeana

Agavaceae (Agave Family)

▲ center plant is Yucca treculeana

Yucca treculeana: Don Quixote’s Lace Yucca, Spanish Dagger Yucca

  • medium green,2.5-4 feet long, stiff, thick leaves without fibers along margins
  • will form trunk with age and grow 5-25 feet tall (probably at the short end in the midwest)
  • flower spike in late May to early June up to 4' tall composed of a hundred or so 2" white bells