seed pods on yucca plants Yucca filamentosa

seed pods on yucca plants Yucca filamentosaWe have a soft spot for spiky, desert looking plants. Yucca filamentosa (Adam's needle) is one of the few that we can grow successfully in our gardens and we love it! It is native to the southeastern US, but it grows happily almost anywhere: full sun, part shade, dry soil, sandy soil, average soil, moist soil. It is salt, drought, heat, rabbit, and deer resistant. It spreads easily by offshoots, root cutting, seed, or division. The tall panicles of

We have a soft spot for spiky, desert-looking plants. Yucca filamentosa (Adam's needle) is one of the few that we can grow successfully in our gardens and we love it! It is native to the southeastern US, but it grows happily almost anywhere: full sun, part shade, dry soil, sandy soil, average soil, moist soil. It is salt, drought, heat, rabbit, and deer resistant. It spreads easily by offshoots, root cutting, seed, or division.

The tall panicles of creamy, white bell-shaped flowers are held on stiff stems above the spiky, glaucous rosette of evergreen foliage in early summer. Flowers don’t last long but they do give way to highly ornamental seed pods that look like miniature green gourds.

Zones: 5 to 10 
Family: Asparagaceae
Type: Evergreen
Height: 48 to 96 in. 
Spread: 24 to 36 in. 
Exposure: Full Sun
Soil: dry, average
Bloom Time: June to July
Native Range: central and eastern United States