Yucca 'Color Guard'

Yucca filamentosa

(Needle Palm)

Rating: 🆕

Light: ☀️

Deer resistant: yes 🦌

Moisture: well-drained soil; will tolerate dry soil

Size: 72” H x 36” W

Bloom: bell-shaped white flowers on a long stalk in July

Garden zone: 4

Yucca filamentosa is a stemless evergreen shrub with sword-shaped, spine-tipped leaves up to 3 feet long. Panicles of flowers appear on a single, tall stalk in July. The tough, spiny leaves are pest-resistant. The cultivar 'Color Guard' has eye-catching golden yellow leaves with green margins. New in 2021.