Plant Height: 30 inches
Flower Height: 5 feet
Spread: 3 feet
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Hardiness Zone: 4a
Other Names: Yucca
Ornamental Features
Adam's Needle features bold spikes of creamy white bell-shaped flowers rising above the foliage from mid to late summer. It has attractive grayish green evergreen foliage. The sword-like leaves are highly ornamental and remain grayish green throughout the winter.
Landscape Attributes
Adam's Needle is a spreading evergreen shrub with a mounded form. Its relatively coarse texture can be used to stand it apart from other landscape plants with finer foliage.
This shrub will require occasional maintenance and upkeep, and should only be pruned after flowering to avoid removing any of the current season's flowers. Gardeners should be aware of the following characteristic(s) that may warrant special consideration;
- Spiny
Adam's Needle is recommended for the following landscape applications;
- Accent
- General Garden Use
Planting & Growing
Adam's Needle will grow to be about 30 inches tall at maturity extending to 5 feet tall with the flowers, with a spread of 3 feet. It tends to fill out right to the ground and therefore doesn't necessarily require facer plants in front. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 20 years.
This shrub should only be grown in full sunlight. It prefers dry to average moisture levels with very well-drained soil, and will often die in standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This species is native to parts of North America.
Sizes Available:
12" $24.99
