Adam's Needle
Yucca filamentosa
Evergreen rosette of stiff sword leaves edged in curling threads, sending up towering panicles of creamy bells. Pollinated exclusively by the yucca moth.
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 4–8 ft
- Spacing
- 2–3 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral
- Bloom
- April, May, June, July, August
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- hummingbirds, pollinators, mammals, songbirds
- Landscape uses
- naturalizing
- Native states
- AL, AR, DE, FL, GA, IL, KS, LA, MA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NE, OH, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA
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