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Adam's Needle: Yucca flaccida

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yucca at spruce hill inn

Family: Agavaceae

Above:clump of blooming yucca, Below: flower spike Use: berms, borders, prairie gardens, specimens
yucca flowers

Plant: evergreen perennial/shrub to 4' with fleshy roots

Origin: southern United States

Zone
: 5 - 10

Flowers
: candelabra-like inflorescence of ivory flowers.

Foliage: sword-like basal leaves.

Culture
: full sun in well drained, average to poor soil. Hardy tough succulent that thrives on neglect.



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