Yucca filamentosa
Adam's needle
Notes:
Stemless. Native to coastal plain. Difficult to eradicate. Leaf tips are spiny.
Difficult to transplant. Fertilizer and even watering are not normally required.
NCSU compares the taste of the flowers to that of bitter artichokes.
'Color Guard' is variegated yellow and does not revert.
Sources: Sunset, Dove/Woolridge, Stoecklein, UFL, JerseyYards.org, Odenwald/Turner, Missouri BG, NCSU.
Tags:
attracts:butterflies
attracts:hummingbirds
attracts:larval host
clay tolerant
coarse texture
compacted soil tolerant
deer resistant
drought tolerant
easy to grow
edible flowers
exposure:full sun
exposure:part shade
form:perennial (herbaceous)
form:shrub
fragrant flowers
full sun preferred
habit:rounded
infertile soil tolerant
native:eastern North America
persistence:evergreen
pest/disease free
pollution tolerant
roots:deep
salt tolerant
sandy soil tolerant
showy flowers
slow-growing
stoloniferous/suckering
type:broadleaf
use:border
use:container
use:foundation
use:naturalizing
use:rock garden
use:specimen
water:regular
weedy
well-drained soil required
wind tolerant
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