Species · genus Yucca · Asparagaceae

Spineless Yucca

Yucca gigantea Lem.

Growth habit

tree

Native range

Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá

Reference · Y. gigantea

Cultivars of Y. gigantea

The named forms growers keep — each with its own page, each honest about how much we know.

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

Guide

The species-level account. Cultivar pages build on this and say where they differ.

Yucca gigantea is a tree-forming species from the seasonally dry regions of Central America and Mexico, with a woody, water-storing trunk that resents staying wet. Give it the brightest spot you have, ideally several hours of direct sun, in fast-draining gritty mix. Let the soil dry well down before watering — water only when the top several inches are dry, leaning toward the longer interval, as it tolerates drought far better than soggy roots.

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 10-21d)
Humidity: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Soil: ai:claude-fable-5
Care: ai:claude-fable-5

Light

Direct sun

Water

≈ every 21 days

Humidity

Low — average room

Temperature

10–30 °C

Soil mix

Well-draining, loamy potting mix with grit

Propagation

Stem or trunk cuttings; offsets

Fertilizing

Balanced feed monthly through spring and summer

Growth rate

Moderate

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 10-21d) · ai:claude-fable-5 · ASPCA

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