Yucca f. EXCALIBUR - 2 Gal

Excalibur Adam's Needle

Yucca filamentosa 'Excalibur'

Plant Height: 24 inches

Flower Height: 5 feet

Spread: 4 feet

Sunlight: full sun

Hardiness Zone: 4a

Other Names: Excalibur Yucca

Description:

A bold accent plant for the daring garden designer, this plant forms a uniform, spiky, rounded rosette of sword-like blue-green leaves adorned with curly white hairs, from which a tall spire of creamy bell flowers rises in summer; excellent for dry sites

Ornamental Features

Excalibur Adam's Needle features bold spikes of creamy white bell-shaped flowers rising above the foliage from early to mid summer. It has attractive bluish-green evergreen foliage. The sword-like leaves are highly ornamental and remain bluish-green throughout the winter.

Landscape Attributes

Excalibur Adam's Needle is a multi-stemmed evergreen shrub with a more or less rounded form. Its relatively coarse texture can be used to stand it apart from other landscape plants with finer foliage.

This shrub will require occasional maintenance and upkeep, and is best pruned in late winter once the threat of extreme cold has passed. Deer don't particularly care for this plant and will usually leave it alone in favor of tastier treats. Gardeners should be aware of the following characteristic(s) that may warrant special consideration;

Spiny
Excalibur Adam's Needle is recommended for the following landscape applications;

Accent
Rock/Alpine Gardens
General Garden Use
Container Planting