Adam's Needle, Spoonleaf Yucca, Needle-Palm (Yucca filamentosa)
Small plant in a nice succulent pot in So Cal
Mother calls it 'Candles of the Lord.' Seems appropriate as brilliant as these white blooms are.
Yucca concava in native habitat (Richmond, RI) flowering in late June. Notice the watch at the bottom of photo.
Seed pods of Yucca concava in native habitat (Richmond, RI). Notice the pod is constricted in the middle of the pod.
Close-up of seed pod, notice how small they are when compared to Y. filamentosa and Y. flaccida. Ruler in centimeters.
Heres the seed pods.
Maturing seedpods from a yucca. Photo courtesy of Windsurffer
In front of my Garden-Center!
Developing fruits. Petrópolis, north of Rio de Janeiro, early winter.
Flowering on a dry sunny bank in my garden in SW France October 2004
Creamy white flowers
My yucca always attracts the leaf-footed bug, leptoglossus phyllopus. They show up and breed on my yucca each year.
Y. filamentosa taken at Archbold Biological St. near Lake Placid, FL
it grew in Joplin, MO
Yucca filamentosa blooming on June 27, 2008.
Yucca filamentosa, Adam's Needle. Low maintenance, drought resistant, summer flowers, grand spires of fragrant snow white bells. Suited to containers. Evergreen.
gorgeous and showy flower spikes sometimes top 8 feet tall! ivory succulant flowers that bugs and birds love
ivory flowers are magnets to all sorts of bugs and birds
January 2010, -20 C, Chojnice Poland
These will form a trunk under the right conditions.....
Close up picture of the blooms -- late May in Alabama
20120414 Yucca's first flower stalk
Yucca that blossomed July to August
Yucca Filamentosa, Wilkes-Barre, PA... About 7-10 yrs. old...
Yucca Filamentosa, Wilkes-Barre, PA (the other side)
This yucca tried to flower in the fall and froze out. This spring I had 22 baby stems in its place!
Wild yuccas in the sand dunes in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware in September 2010
View of plant. Freestone Co TX, z8b, 04/04/2014
Closeup of filaments, an interesting feature of this plant. Freestone Co TX, z8a, 04/04/2014
Krapets, Bulgaria, zone 8a
Flowers in afternoon dappled shade. South Jordan, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States
Botanischer Garten. Photo courtesy of Karl Gercens. Copyright Karl Gercens. Conservatory Horticulturist at Longwood Gardens. http://www.karlgercens.com
Covered in frost in Mid-November. South Jordan, Utah, United States
Plant in late July. South Jordan, Utah, United States
Dead stem showing the structure of the woody tissue in this plant.
Seedling in late August. South Jordan, Utah, United States
Plant in mid September. South Jordan, Utah, United States
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Adam's Needle, Spoonleaf Yucca, Needle-Palm
Yucca filamentosa
| Type: | Alpines and Rock Gardens, Ornamental Grasses and Bamboo, Perennials, Shrubs, Tropicals and Tender Perennials |
| Height: | 18-36 in. | 45-90 cm |
| Conditions: | Zone 4-10, Full Sun |
