Adam's Needle, Yucca Seed
Adam's Needle Yucca Seed
- Tall spikes of creamy white bell flowers rise in early summer
- Stiff evergreen sword leaves edged with curly white threads give bold year-round garden structure
- Extremely drought tolerant native for sandy, rocky and poor soils
- Grow deer- and rabbit-resistant plants from seeds for rock gardens and slopes
Key Attributes
About Adam's Needle, Yucca Seed
Sunny, dry gardens gain year-round structure from Adam's Needle Yucca, a bold, evergreen native. Yucca filamentosa forms a tidy rosette of stiff, sword-shaped leaves edged with curly white threads. In early summer it sends up tall spikes of creamy white, bell-shaped flowers that are a striking focal point. It is extremely drought tolerant and thrives in sandy or rocky soils, so it is happy in spots where thirstier plants give up.
Growing details
Plant profile
Seed & variety
Before Planting
Planting
Watering
Fertilizer
Harvesting
Tips
Pests & Diseases
Crown and root rot are the main concerns in poorly drained soil. Leaf spot may appear in humid weather; remove damaged leaves. Good drainage prevents most problems.
Yucca plant bugs and scale occasionally feed on leaves. Deer and rabbits generally leave it alone. Snails may hide in the rosette in wet gardens.
Native States & Regions
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Louisiana
- Maryland
- Mississippi
- North Carolina
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Virginia
Native regions: South Central, Southeast, Mid-Atlantic
Its Role in the Native Ecosystem
Adam's Needle has a remarkable partnership with yucca moths, which are its only true pollinators and whose larvae feed on a few of the developing seeds. The night-scented flowers also draw other moths and occasional hummingbirds. Its dense evergreen rosettes provide shelter for small animals and ground-nesting insects on dry, sandy sites.
Adam's Needle Yucca Native Range Map
Native range describes natural occurrence, not the origin of this seed lot or every location where a plant can be grown.
Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets. State-level range does not mean a plant occurs throughout every part of that state.
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