yucca (Yucca glauca)

sharply pointed, narrow blue-green leaves and a single stalk of cupped hanging white flowers

yucca

 

Common name: yucca
Botanical name: Yucca glauca

Light: full sun
Height: 2 – 5 feet
Water: low, drought tolerant
Soil type: well-drained sandy soil to heavy clay, best on nutritionally poor soils

Perennial wildflower with sharply pointed, narrow blue-green leaves and a single stalk of scented white flowers in midsummer; takes several years to bloom

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