Species · genus Yucca · Asparagaceae

Buckley's Yucca

Yucca constricta Buckley

Growth habit
perennial or shrub
Native range
Mexico Northeast, Texas
Reference · Y. constricta

Cultivars of Y. constricta

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No named cultivars catalogued under Y. constricta yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.

Guide

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A hardy yucca native to the arid grasslands and rocky soils of Texas and northeastern Mexico, built to store water and endure drought. Give it the brightest, sunniest spot you have and gritty, fast-draining mix; water deeply only once the soil has dried out completely, letting at least the top several inches go bone dry first. It tolerates dry indoor air well and rots quickly if kept wet.

Care recipe

The species record — the baseline every cultivar inherits unless it says otherwise.

Care notes are early — not yet verified
Light
ai:claude-opus-4-8
Water
ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 14-28d)
Humidity
ai:claude-opus-4-8
Soil
ai:claude-fable-5
Care
ai:claude-fable-5
Light

Direct sun

Water

≈ every 28 days

Humidity

Low — average room

Temperature

6–32 °C

Soil mix

Sandy, sharply draining mineral mix

Propagation

Offsets or seed

Fertilizing

Minimal — a light spring feed at most

Growth rate

Slow

Flowering

Rarely flowers indoors

ToxicityAuthoritative · species

Toxic to cats & dogs

Saponins — vomiting, drooling. This is where toxicity lives: every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.

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Sources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 14-28d) · ai:claude-fable-5 · ASPCA

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