Yucca filamentosa

Adam's needle

• Position: full sun
• Soil: any well-drained soil
• Rate of growth: average
• Flowering period: July and August
• Flower colour: white
• Other features: the leaves have sharp tips and serrated edges
• Hardiness: fully hardy

  
  Towering spikes of white, bell-shaped flowers in July and August above clumps of stiff, dark green, lance-shaped leaves. Adam's needle makes an excellent focal point for a sunny, well-drained Mediterranean-style garden. A gravel mulch accentuates the architectural foliage and helps to protect the crown of the plant from frost-damage.
  

• Garden care: During the growing season water well, applying a balanced liquid fertiliser each month Remove the faded flower-spikes at the end of the season.
  
  
• Goes well with: Trachelospernum jasminoides, Euphorbia characias subspecies wulfenii 'John Tomlinson', Euphorbia myrsinites, Santolina rosmarinifolia, Thymus 'Silver Posy', Artemisia 'Powis Castle'
  
  
  • Eventual Height: 0.75m
  • Eventual Spread: 1.5m
  Yucca filamentosa - Adam's needle Towering flower spikes