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Yucca filamentosa |
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Yucca, Adam's
Needle, Needle Palm, Spanish Bayonet |
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5-10 |
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Basal rosette has a round growth habit |
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2-3 feet tall |
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Inflorescence is a stout flower scape, 3-12 feet tall a long panicle with spreading or
ascending branches, flowers many, hanging,
nearly white and 1-2 inches long. The flower scapes of the
cultivars are usually 3-5 feet tall. |
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Early to midsummer |
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Many leaves in a
basal rosette, to 2˝ feet long, 1 inch wide, spatulate, abruptly narrowed to a
stout terminal spine, margins with long, curly
threads. |
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- 'Bright Edge' - Variegated gold edge on leaf
margin.
- 'Golden Sword' - Middle of the leaf is yellow with
a green leaf margin.
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