Yucca filamentosa 'Excalibur'
Yucca filamentosa 'Excalibur' forms rosettes of spiky, strap-like leaves coloured blue-green to powdery blue.
Description:
Yucca filamentosa 'Excalibur' forms rosettes of spiky, strap-like leaves coloured blue-green to powdery blue. As per the species name the leaf margins have long filamentous curly white threads. In summer Adam's needle will often, but not always, form a 4-6 foot tall candelabra of creamy white, waxy, bell shaped flowers. Tolerant of poor, sandy soils and part shade though full sun is best.
Common Name: Adam's Needle
Family: Asparagaceae (The Asparagus Family)
Zone Hardiness: 4-10
Light: Full Sun, Part Sun, Part Shade
Height: 4-6'
Width: 2-3'
Primary Bloom Colour: White/Cream
Secondary Bloom Colour:
Class: Evergreen
Type: Perennial
Bloom Time: Summer
Soil Moisture: Dry, Drought Tolerant
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: Yes
Berries:
Benefits: Bees, Butterflies
Deer Resistant: Unknown
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: Beaches, sand dunes and fields from South Carolina south to Florida and the Mississippi.
Award:
Geogrpahical Origin: Americas - North America
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