Hesperaloe Straight Up Red Hallucinogenic Plants with 1' long leaflets

with 1' long leaflets

You'll quickly see why the name fits so well

the 15" tall thick stalks emerge from the dormant bud

starting in late May/early June (NC) with up to 12 pendent flowers of strawberry red (RHS 59A)

and adorned from August until frost with a terminal spike of insanely fuzzy red-tipped buds that open to 2" rich violet flowers

Hesperaloe Straight Up Red Hallucinogenic Plants with 1' long leafletsHesperaloe 'Straight Up Red' is a stunning selection of false red yucca, from our friend, the late New Mexico plantsman, David Salman. The 3' tall, stiff, evergreen foliage forms an evergreen clump, topped, starting for us, in early June, with 6' tall spikes with nicely branched terminal flowers of peachy rose. Because of the height, this is an incredibly valuable garden addition for garden designers. Although this was introduced as a selection of