Yucca filamentosa, commonly called Adam’s needle, yucca and needle palm, is a virtually stemless broadleaf evergreen shrub. It features a basal rosette of rigid, sword-shaped, spine-tipped green leaves with long curly threads along the margins. Leaves form a foliage clump to 2-3’ tall. In late spring, a flowering stalk rises from the center of each rosette, typically to 5-8’ tall, but infrequently to 12’ tall, bearing a long terminal panicles of nodding bell-shaped creamy white flowers. Will form a small colony over time from basal offsets.
- Type: Broadleaf evergreen
- Zone: 4 to 10
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Height: 3-6 feet
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Spread: 2-3 feet
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Bloom Time: June to July
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Bloom Description: Creamy white
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Sun: Full sun
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Water: Dry to medium
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Maintenance: Low
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Suggested Use: Naturalize
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Flower: Showy
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Leaf: Colorful, Evergreen
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Attracts: Butterflies
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Tolerate: Rabbit, Deer, Drought, Erosion, Dry Soil, Shallow-Rocky Soil, Air Pollution