Yucca filamentosa, Yucca or Adam's Needle, Agavaceae

Genus and species: Yucca filamentosa

Common Name: Yucca or Adam's Needle
Family Name: Agavaceae
Zone:4-9

This plant likes full sun but can tolerate part-shade. It likes well-drained soil. It grows to be about 2'-3' in height and width and is a clump full of glaucous evergreen foliage which threads at the edges. This plant also blooms white flowers on 3'-8' stems in July-August.

Photos taken September 17, 2011 at Virginia Tech in the Hahn Horticulture Gardens.