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Variegated Spanish Dagger in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Yucca gloriosa 'Bright Star'

 

Variegated Spanish Dagger

'Bright Star' is an evergreen shrub to 1.5m tall and 1.8m wide. The variegated, stiff, sharp-pointed leaves have a mid-green centre broadly-edged with yellow. Mature plants can produce flower spikes in summer. Yuccas are sculptural plants that form a tree-trunk like growth as the fleshy, sword-shaped leaves die and are shed. In Summer a well-established plant will sometimes have spikes of creamy coloured bell-shaped, fragrant flowers.

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plant Features
  • Variegated Spanish Dagger likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Variegated Spanish Dagger likes very little water

    Very little water

  • Variegated Spanish Dagger is not frost hardy

    Not Frost hardy

  • Variegated Spanish Dagger likes light and free draining

    Light and free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Variegated Spanish Dagger

Latin name

Yucca gloriosa 'Bright Star'

type

Trees or Shrubs

family

Asparagaceae

ph

5.0 - 7.5 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Variegated Spanish Dagger likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Frost

    Variegated Spanish Dagger is not frost hardy

    Not Frost hardy

  • Soil

    Variegated Spanish Dagger likes light and free draining

    Light and free draining

  • Water

    Variegated Spanish Dagger likes very little water

    Very little water

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Variegated Spanish Dagger is 2.00meters x 3.00meters 2.00 M 3.00 M

Yucca gloriosa 'Bright Star'

'Bright Star' is an evergreen shrub to 1.5m tall and 1.8m wide. The variegated, stiff, sharp-pointed leaves have a mid-green centre broadly-edged with yellow. Mature plants can produce flower spikes in summer. Yuccas are sculptural plants that form a tree-trunk like growth as the fleshy, sword-shaped leaves die and are shed. In Summer a well-established plant will sometimes have spikes of creamy coloured bell-shaped, fragrant flowers.


Planting young plants

From Early Spring TO Mid Summer

In temperate zones where winter temperatures fall below 5C, is will not survive outdoors and should be grown as a container plant which can be brought in for winter protection. If grown as a container plant, provide as much light as possible, in front of a a south facing window is ideal. It should not be heated in winter as long as there is no risk of temperatures falling below 5C. In warmer climates, plant out in full sun in well drained soil avoiding wall or house foundations.

 

Propagation

From Early Spring TO Early Summer

Propagate by removing and potting up offsets which grow from the base of the trunk.

 
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