Yucca flaccida
Weakleaf Yucca

 Genus:
 Plant Type:
 Hardiness:
 Deciduous / Evergreen:
 Flower Notes:
Cream (Creamy-white flowers on large flower stalks in June and July)
 Foliage Notes:
Green (Long sword-like to strap-like leaves are evergreen with sharp points)
 Fruit Notes:
Brown (Brown capsules; not ornamentally important)
 Ultimate Height:
3-5 feet
 Ultimate Spread:
3-5 feet
 Light Requirements:
 Soil Notes:
Widely adapted to soils; tolerates dry soil well, but not wet soil
 Range:
Southeastern United States
 Diagnostic Characteristics:
Long sword-like to strap-like leaves (1-1.75' long by 1-1.5" wide) are evergreen with sharp points and bent downwards above the middle. Straight, thread-like fibers along leaf margin. Large (over 4') flower stalks with downy, spikes (panicles) of creamy-white flowers.
 Ecological Functions:

Additional Information

Closely related to the more common Yucca filamentosa (Adam's-needle Yucca), with the primary difference being its overall smaller size. Swordlike foliage gives this species the appearance of a desert plant, and it does tolerate dry soil well. Flower spikes bring overall plant height to over 6'. Best used in mass plantings. Doesn't like wet soils.

Other plants like this Yucca flaccida (Weakleaf Yucca)

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