Soap Plant

Chlorogalum pomeridianum

Soap plant (amole) is a California bulb sending up a tall, airy candelabra of white evening-opening flowers above a basal rosette of wavy leaves. Drought-adapted; the bulb was long used as soap.

Family: Asparagaceae
Type: wildflower
Lifespan: perennial
Height: 3–8 ft
Spacing: 1–2 ft apart
Light: sun
Soil moisture: dry
Soil pH: neutral
Bloom: May, June, July
Bloom colors: white
Wildlife value: pollinators
Landscape uses: border
Native states: CA, OR