Spanish dagger
Yucca gloriosa
RHS AGM 1993
USDA zones6 to 11
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles dry to wet soil
Size2 to 15 feet tall2 to 8 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Habit
- Tree
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn, winter
- Bloom color
- White
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Spanish dagger (Yucca gloriosa) is a shrub for borders, containers, specimen planting, and rock gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 6, or down to -10°F (-23°C). This plant likes full or part sun and dry to wet, sandy, loamy, or chalky soil. Its stout trunks often grow in clusters and carry stiff, bayonetlike leaves. Deer and rabbits tend to pass it by. Bees and birds visit the white flowers.
Pairs well with Karl Foerster feather reed grass, Wild bergamot, and Red spider lily.
Native range
North America and Bermuda.