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Yucca aloifolia 'Magenta Magic'
Magenta Magic Spanish Dagger
Item #: 13747
Zones: 7a to 9b, guessing
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 24" tall
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Our friends at the Briggs Nursery propagation lab solved an age old mystery when a few of their tissue cultures of Yucca 'Blue Boy' mutated, only to discover that it had reverted back to a purple-leaf form of the Southeast US native Yucca aloifolia. Since the cultivar name 'Purpurea' is hopelessly confused in the trade, this clone has been named Yucca aloifolia 'Magenta Magic', (mistakenly originally listed as 'Indigo Dagger'). We also originally thought this would reach 4' in height, but we now realize that this is actually a dwarf, which should mature in the 2' range. This spiky accent plant forms upright stalks, each dressed in sharp green leaves that take on a lovely mauvy purple color as nights cool in fall. The coloring is not induced by a lack of nutrition, which has been the case with most of the purple cultivars we've tried in the past. Spikes of white bell-shaped flowers top each stalk in early spring.
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Other Attributes
Genus: Yucca
Flower Color: White/Cream
Leaf Color: Green , Purple/Lavender
Bloom Time: Summer
Container Role: Thrillers
Garden Themes: Night Gardens , Rock Garden Plants , Southwest Garden Plants , White Garden
Other: Butterfly Attracting Plants , Edimentals , Deer Resistant Plants , Drought Tolerant Plants , Florida Native Plants , Georgia native plants , Giant Plants , Hummingbird Plants , Pollinator Plants , Medicinal Plants , North American Native Plants , North Carolina Native Plants , Ornamental Seed or Fruit , Plant Delights Introductions , Plants that Attract Birds , Rabbit Resistant Plants , Salt Tolerant Seaside Plants , Tropical Looking Plants , Xeriscaping Plants , Colored Foliage , United States Native Plants