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Yucca filamentosa

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Yucca filamentosa
Adam's Needle Yucca, Desert Candle
Large clusters of white or violet flowers bloom on these evergreens, which are stemless and can reach the size of small trees. Some flowers are fragrant at night.

 


Yucca filamentosa 'Golden Sword' (Adam's needle, Bear grass, Weak-leaf yucca, Golden Sword soapwort)
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Yucca filamentosa
'Bright Edge'
Variegated Adam's Needle
Description
Yucca filamentosa 'Bright Edge' is a striking Yucca with leaves that are edged with a creamy white to yellow color.

yucca Agavaceae Yucca filamentosa L.   symbol: YUFI

Leaf: Evergreen, stiff and sword-like to slightly flexible and strap-like, up to 2 1/2 feet long and 1 to 3 inches wide, parallel veins, ...

Yucca filamentosa 'Color Guard' is a tough-as-nails plant that is ideal for a no-maintenance garden. The sword-like foliage radiates upward from a central crown, remaining upright all year round except in the heaviest snows.

#266 Yucca filamentosa
Common Names: Adam's needle, bear grass, weak-leaf yucca
Family: Agavaceae (agave Family)
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Index- plants in this Family
Agavaceae / Agavae Adam's Needle (Yucca filamentosa)
Adam's Needle is also known as Yucca, Spanish Bayonet and Bear Grass. ...

Yucca Filamentosa ‘Variegata' Adam's Needle
Yuccas come from Central America, Mexico and the southern USA and have been cultivated here for three centuries. They are exotic architectural plants that have striking lance shaped, rigid leaves.

Yucca filamentosa : Yucca - Whole Plant
Yucca filamentosa 'Bright Edge' : Bright Edge Yucca - Whole Plant
Yucca filamentosa 'Golden Sword' : Golden Sword Yucca - Whole Plant ...

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Adam's Needle (Yucca filamentosa)
Mature Height/Spread: These very hardy plants form a low cluster of stiff, pointed leaves, 2½ feet long and 1 inch wide. The leaves have long, loose fibers at the edges.

How to Care for My Yucca Filamentosa
Also known as Adam's needle, Yucca filamentosa is the type of yucca that grows low to the ground. When it blooms, it shoots out a stalk that can reach up to 12 feet tall. Lovely white flowers… ...

Yucca filamentosa 'Gold Heart' (B. Wilder 1995) (N)
Yucca filamentosa 'Hairy' (T. Foley 2005)
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Yucca glauca, soapweed, and Yucca filamentosa, Adam's needle, are both suitable to colder climates, respectively hardy to zone 3 and zones 4-5; the popular Yucca brevifolia, Joshua tree, is hardy to zone 7 brevifolia
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Agavaceae Family, Genus Yucca, North America, Yucca Filamentosa, Century Plant Family, New Mexico
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The rosettes, 3 feet in diameter (90 cm), have blue-green leaves that are stiffer than Yucca filamentosa.
The species name "filifera" comes from the Latin for "bearing threads".

These could be mixed with clumps of yellow-variegated yuccas such as Yucca filamentosa 'Bright Edge' or Y. flaccida 'Golden Sword', or with yellow-striped phormiums such as the upright Phormium tenax 'Radiance' .

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See also: Yucca, Adam, Green, Evergreen, Grass