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Red Hesperaloe 25 Seeds (Herpera;oe parviflora) Liliaceae Family Also called Red yucca (which is not a yucca) has dark green rosette of long, thin leaves rising fountain-like from the base provides an unusual sculptural accent, its long spikes of pink to red to coral bell-shaped flowers last from May through October, and it is exceedingly tough, tolerating extreme heat and cold and needing no attention or supplemental irrigation once established, Hummingbirds are attracted to the flowers.
It is a small to medium shrub Enjoys Exposure full sun
Flower Color: pinkish red, coral, yellow Blooming Period: spring - summer Height: 3 to 5 feet Width: 2 to 4 feet
Plant Character: evergreen Heat Tolerance: very high
Bright red, tubular flowers on multiple flowering stalks to 6 feet. Native to American SW and Northern Mexico. Excellent for landscape use, especially around structures, where a deep and gravelly bed will assure good habitat for evergreen and sporadically very colorful accents. Good nectar producer. Hummingbird attractor. The leaves contain an especially fine fibre that can be retted out and used in paper production. Strong, resilient, and nontoxic, these fibres can be used in filtration, teabags, and also as a base fibre for recycling short fiber papers. Plant prefers full sun, fast draining soils and is extremely drought tolerant.

Sow seed flat, just below surface of cactus mix, and water daily and keep very warm and in the sunlight until germination, which is rapid. After germ, back off on watering and grow on seedlings until they attain sufficient size to pot up. Transplant to landscape only after plants have reached sufficient size to fill a gallon pot with roots. Free Shipping 25 seeds