Yucca filamentosa 'Excalibur'
$47.00 / 2G AB
Adam's Sword ·
Description
Yucca filamentosa 'Excalibur', commonly known as Adam's Needle, is a woody landscape shrub valued for its white flowers during spring and summer. It typically matures 3–8 feet tall and 3–5 feet wide. Grow it in full sun to partial shade in moist, well-drained clay or loam soil. Its native range or documented parentage is Southeastern USA. Mutualistic relationship with the small white yucca moth. In the landscape, it works well in accent, barrier, and coastal. Once established, it shows useful tolerance to deer, drought, and erosion.
Benefits
Provides seasonal color and texture and may support pollinators or other garden wildlife.
Features
Showy flowers mid-summer; matures about 1 - 3 ft tall; regional native lineage
| Yucca filamentosa Excalibur | |
| Adam's Needle | |
| Full Sun to Part Sun; Average moisture; Well-drained average garden soil. Water regularly the first season, then adjust to plant preference. | |
| Garden origin / cultivated selection | |
| Native Cultivar (Nativar) | |
| Yes | |
| Southeastern USA | |
| Yes |
| Full Sun | |
| 1 - 4 | |
| 1 - 3 |
| White | |
| Butterflies, Hummingbirds, Pollinators | |
| Native Garden | |
| Flower Interest | |
| Rock Gardens | |
| Clump Forming |