Yucca
- Botanical Name
- Yucca filamentosa
- Min Zone
- 4
- Max Zone
- 10
- Height
- 2 to 3 feet foliage, up to 12 feet in bloom
- Width
- 2 feet
- Flowers
- Mid summer: white
- Light
- Full sun
- Soil
- Well-drained to dry
- Planting & Care
- Space plants 24 inches apart
- Deadleaf after new growth forms in spring
- Propagate by rooting pups (offshoots)
- Problems
- Rot, leaf spot, deer
- Varieties
- Golden Sword - yellow stripe down center of leaves
- Bright Edge - broad yellow edges on leaves
- Variegata - creamy white margined blue-green leaves turn pink tinged in winter
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