Magenta Magic Yucca | Vibrant Pink-Tinged Foliage Plant

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Magenta Magic Yucca

Yucca 'Magenta Magic'

A slow-growing, colorful yucca with stunning magenta-edged foliage, perfect for adding a unique and bold accent.

$64.90

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Description

Magenta Magic Yucca is a captivating cultivar that adds a surprising and vibrant splash of color to the drought-tolerant palette. Its stiff, bayonet-like leaves are a rich green with dramatic, broad margins of deep magenta to burgundy-red. This intense coloring is most pronounced in full sun and cool weather. It forms a tight, architectural rosette and is exceptionally slow-growing. This yucca is a true collector's plant, perfect for adding a bold, colorful focal point to rock gardens, succulent collections, or mixed containers.

Vivid Magenta-Red Leaf Margins: The defining feature is its stunning green leaves edged with a bold band of magenta or burgundy, creating dramatic contrast.
Tight, Sculptural Rosette: Forms a very symmetrical, compact clump that emphasizes its colorful, geometric form.
Slow-Growing & Collector's Item: A prized, slower-growing variety that becomes a long-term, distinctive centerpiece in the garden.
Extreme Sun Lover & Drought Tolerant: Requires full sun to develop the most intense leaf color. Thrives in heat and drought with perfect drainage.
Ideal for Color-Themed Gardens: Its unique hue pairs beautifully with blue, silver, and purple plants in Mediterranean or contemporary dry gardens.

Quick Facts

Features:Sword-shaped, rigid leaves with glossy green centers and striking magenta margins, arranged in tight spiral rosettes. Produces tall spikes of nodding, bell-shaped creamy flowers.
Mature Height: 4-5 ft (6-7 ft with flowers)
Mature Width: 2-3 ft
Growth Rate: Slow
Light Needs: Full sun
Key Advantages:Rare magenta-edged foliage,Extreme drought tolerance,Cold hardy,Deer resistant
Landscape Uses:Color contrast plantings,Modern gardens,Rock gardens,Container specimens
Special Care:Remove spent flower stalks,Avoid overwatering,Tolerates poor soils,No fertilizer needed
Seasonal Interest:Flowers: Late spring to summer,Foliage: Year-round (color intensifies in sun)

Faqs

Q: How do I encourage the deepest red color?
A: Provide maximum sun exposure and ensure the plant experiences cool nighttime temperatures. The red pigments (anthocyanins) are often most vibrant in spring, fall, and winter. Stress from mild drought can also intensify color.

Q: Is it cold hardy?
A: Hardiness is similar to other trunk-less, clumping yuccas like Y. filamentosa. It is generally reliable in Zone 5-9. In Zone 9a, it is perfectly hardy. The main threat is crown rot from wet winter soil, so ensure excellent drainage.

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San Francisco Bay Area is our primary local delivery market. Victory Nursery also serves additional California markets and selected extended delivery areas by arrangement.

Regular local delivery: San Francisco, Peninsula, South Bay, East Bay, Marin, Tracy / Mountain House and surrounding service areas.

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