adam's needle
Yucca filamentosa
USDA zones5 to 10
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
Size4 to 8 feet tall2 to 3 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Cactus/succulent
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn, winter
- Bloom color
- Creamy white
- Foliage color
- Gold/yellow, green, variegated
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Adam's needle (Yucca filamentosa) is a shrub for border, rock garden, accent, and xeriscape use. It is hardy to USDA zone 5, or down to -20°F (-29°C). This plant likes full or part sun and dry to moist soil of most types. A 6 ft. flowering stalk rises above clumps of dagger-like leaves and bears nodding, creamy white flowers. Deer and rabbits tend to pass it by. Hummingbirds visit the flowers, and yucca moths pollinate them.
Pairs well with Butterfly milkweed, Prairie dropseed, and New Jersey tea.
Native range
Central and eastern United States.