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Products > Hesperaloe Pink Parade ['Perfu'] PP21,728   Hesperaloe Pink Parade ['Perfu'] PP21,728 - Pink Parade Red Yucca       Habit and Cultural Information Category: Succulent Family: Agavaceae (now Asparagaceae) Origin: North America Evergreen: Yes Flower Color: Pink Bloomtime: Spring/Summer Parentage: (Hesperaloe funifera x Hesperaloe parviflora) Height: 3-4 feet Width: 3-4 feet Exposure: Full Sun Summer Dry: Yes Deer Tolerant: Yes Irrigation (H2O Info): Low Water Needs Winter Hardiness: < 0 °F Hesperaloe Pink Parade ['Perfu'] PP21,728 - A stemless succulent with clumps of upright grass-like foliage to 3 to 4 feet tall by as wide with long leathery narrow bright green leaves nearly an inch wide that taper to a soft point at the tips. The leaves have decorative white fraying fibers along the margins and winter temperatures often turns the foliage reddish. In late spring to mid-summer clusters of slightly fragrant pink flowers are borne on short branches along erect 8 foot tall spikes that remain straight and upright. These campanulata shaped flowers held on erect peduncles are a mid-pink color on the outside and very pale pink on the exposed interior and flared petal tips, making for a beautiful combination. Plant in full sun in a well-drained soil. It is drought tolerant and does best in a hot spot in the garden but appreciates occasional irrigation in summer to encourage flowering but do not over water. Hardy to -10° F (USDA zone 6) and tolerant of hot reflected heat. This plant should prove to be a great plant for a sunny spot in the garden as a specimen or in a mass planting where the many erect spikes of pink flowers can be very dramatic and the flowers attractive to hummingbirds. This hybrid between Hesperaloe funifera, commonly called Giant Hesperaloe, Fragrant Yucca, Night-blooming Yucca or New Mexico False Yucca and Hesperaloe parviflora, commonly called Red Yucca, is as tough and reliable as the parents, both which are natives of the Chihuahuan desert of west Texas south into northeastern Mexico. This plant was bred by Ron Gass at his Mountain States Wholesale Nursery growing grounds in Tucson, Arizona. The cross was made in 1997 and this plant selected after evaluation n 2002 in a breeding program whose objective was the development of new Hesperaloe plants with unique flower form and color. The name Hesperaloe means western aloe with the combination the Greek word 'Hesperis' meaning "of the evening" or "western" with "aloe" in reference to this plant being found in the North America (in the west) and superficially looking like plants in the genus Aloe. Under the name Hesperaloe 'Perfu' it received US Plant Patent 21,728 in February 2011. Our plants were purchased from Mountain States Wholesale Nursery and images on this page are courtesy of them.  Information displayed on this page about  Hesperaloe Pink Parade ['Perfu'] PP21,728 is based on the research conducted about it in our library and from reliable online resources. We also note those observations we have made of this plant as it grows in the nursery's garden and in other gardens, as well how crops have performed in our nursery field. We will incorporate comments we receive from others, and welcome to hear from anyone who may have additional information, particularly if they share any cultural information that would aid others in growing it.     [MORE INFO]