Botanical Name: Yucca glauca
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Common Name: Small Soapweed  
Plant photo of: Yucca glauca
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  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Shrub

 

Height Range

1-3'

 

Flower Color

White

 

Flower Season

Summer

 

Leaf Color

Grey Green

 

Bark Color

n/a

 

Fruit Color

n/a

 

Fruit Season

n/a

Sun

Full

 

Water

Low, Medium

 

Growth Rate

Slow

 

Soil Type

Sandy, Clay, Loam, Rocky, Unparticular

 

Soil Condition

Average, Poor, Well-drained

 

Soil pH

Neutral, Basic

 

Adverse Factors

n/a

Design Styles

Ranch, Spanish

 

Accenting Features

Fragrance, Silhouette, Specimen

 

Seasonal Interest

Summer

 

Location Uses

Background, Foundation, Parking Strip, Patio, Parking Lot, With Rocks

 

Special Uses

Container, Mass Planting, Naturalizing

 

Attracts Wildlife

n/a

Information by: George Hull MSN
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  • Description

  • Notes

Soapweed is a trunkless or short-trunked species that can grow to about 3' x 6'. This is perhaps the most adaptable yucca, since it can withstand full sun and reflected heat, as well as cold down to -35 F. Leaves are stiff, narrow, sword-like and evergreen. Flowers are greenish white and borne on long narrow spikes to 4'. Fibers from leaves used in making baskets and rope. Native to northwestern Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and into Canada.
Frost tolerant to -35 F.