Dasylirion acrotriche (Green desert spoon). Sunset: 12-24; USDA: 9-11. Full sun Heat tolerant. Low water. Evergreen shrub up to 6' tall, 6' in diameter. Hardy to 20°F. Origin: East-central Mexico.

Dasylirion longissima (Toothless spoon). Sunset: 11-24; USDA: 8b-11. Full sun. Heat tolerant. Low water. Evergreen shrub up to 12' tall, 4' in diameter. Hardy to 20°F. Origin: Eastern Mexico.

Dasylirion wheeleri (Desert spoon). Sunset: 10-24; USDA: 7b-11. Full sun. Heat tolerant. Low water. Treelike growth to 10' tall, 5' in diameter. Hardy to 5°F. Origin: Arizona, New Mexico, western Texas, Northwest Mexico.

Texas false agave (Hechtia texensis) USDA: 8b-11, Full sun to light shade. Heat tolerant. Little to moderate water. Hardy to 26°F. Grows to 2' semi-succulent rosette with purple, spiny leaves. Origin: Texas, northeastern Mexico.

Hesperaloe funifera (Giant hesperaloe). Full sun. Hardy to 0°F. Slow growing clumping stemless rosettes to 6' tall; 6' in spread. Little water. Native to Chihuahuan desert (Texas, northeastern Mexico).

Hesperaloe parviflora (Red yucca) Sunset: 10,12,13,16,18-21,27-31,33,35. Full sun. Heat tolerant. Low water. Grows 3'tall, 5' in diameter. Hardy to 5°F. Origin: Texas, northeastern Mexico

Hesperaloe parviflora (Yellow flower). Sunset: 10,12,13,16,18-21,27-31,33,35. Full sun. Heat tolerant. Low water. Grows 3'tall, 5' in diameter. Hardy to 5°F. Origin: Texas, northeastern Mexico

Nolina bigelovii (Beargrass)

Nolina microcarpa (Beargrass, sawgrass) Sunset: 2-13; USDA: 6-10. Full sun. Heat tolerant. Low water. Evergreen grass-like plant to 5'tall, 5' in diameter. Hardy to -10°F. Origin: Arizona, New Mexico, western Texas, southern Nevada, northwestern Mexico

Yucca aloifolia (Spanish bayonet) Sunset: 7-24; USDA: 7-12. Full sun to light shade.. Evergreen rosettes, up to 12' tall, 6' in diameter. Hardy to 0°F. Origin: southern U.S., West Indies and Mexico.

Yucca baccata (Banana yucca, Datil yucca) Sunset: all zones; USDA: 5-12. Full sun to light shade.Stemless rosette, up to 4' tall, 4' in diameter. Hardy to -20°F. Origin: Arizona, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico.

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Yucca elata (Soaptree yucca). Sunset: 7-24; USDA: 7-12. Full sun to light shade. Tree like succulent, up to 20' tall. Hardy to 0°F. Origin: Arizona to Texas, northern Mexico.

Yucca filifera (Tree yucca, St. Peter's palm). USDA: 8-12. Full sun to light shade. Little to moderate water. Tree like rosette, up to 30' tall. Hardy to 10°F. Origin: Mexico.

Yucca gloriosa (Spanish dagger) Sunset: 7-9, 12-32; USDA: 9-10. Full sun to light shade. Regular water. Evergreen rosettes, up to 12' tall, 8' in wide. Hardy to 22°F. Origin: Southeastern USA.

Yucca recurvifolia (Soft leaf yucca) Sunset: 7-24, 26-32; USDA: 7-10. Full sun to light shade. Moderate water. Unbranched trunk up to 8' tall. Hardy to -0°F. Origin: Georgia and Mississippi.

Yucca rigida (Blue yucca, palmilla) 7-24, 26-32; USDA:8-10. Full sun to light shade. Little water. Trunk up to 15' tall; 6' spread. Hardy to 10°F. Origin: Mexico (Chihuahuan desert).

Yucca rostrata (Beaked yucca, Big bend yucca Sunset: 7-24; USDA:8-12. Full sun. Little water. Tree yucca, growing slowly to 12' tall. Hardy to 10°F. Origin: southern Texas, northern Mexico

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Yucca schottii

Yucca whipplei (Our Lord's candle).  Full sun. Little to moderate water. Tree yucca, growing slowly to 20' tall. Hardy to 12°F. Origin: Southern California, Baja California.