General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Cactus/Succulent
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Plant Height: 24 - 36 inches
Plant Spread: 24 - 36 inches
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Evergreen
Fruit: Showy
Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Underground structures: Rhizome
Taproot
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Erosion control
Guardian plant
Medicinal Herb
Vegetable
Dried Flower
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Drought tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Division
Stolons and runners
Offsets
Other: Rhizome Cuttings
Pollinators: Moths and Butterflies
Containers: Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil
With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth

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Common names
  • Soapweed
  • Great Plains Yucca
  • Soapweed Yucca
  • Bear Grass
  • Amole
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Yucca glauca
  • Synonym: Yucca glauca var. glauca

Photo Gallery
Location: Botanical Garden Berlin
Location: Joan M. Hardle Memorial Arboretum, Murray, Utah, United States
Date: 2023-05-23
Location: Joan M. Hardle Memorial Arboretum, Murray, Utah, United States
Date: 2023-05-23
Location: Rio Grande Nature Center, Albuquerque, NM Zone 7b
Date: 02.19.22
Narrowleaf yucca, New Mexico native
Location: Rio Grande Nature Center, Albuquerque, NM Zone 7b
Date: 02.19.22
Midwinter interest

Date: 2008-03-14
Nick
Location: Botanical Garden Berlin
Date: 2017-11-05
Location: Sunken Garden, Lava Hot Springs, Idaho, United States
Date: 2021-08-22
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2018-05-31
Location: Nebraska Sandhills
Date: 2012-07-16
Location: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Date: 2017-10-10
Location: Botanical Garden Barcelona (Spain)
Date: 2017-07-01
Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2011-07

Date: c. 1912
photo [as Y. angustifolia] from 'The Garden', August 10, 1912
Location: Denver Metro CO
Date: 2013-01-26
The seeds that come out of the seed pod.
Location: Denver Metro CO
Date: 2013-01-26
The seed pod of a yucca
Location: February, 2024
Date: 2024-03-15
Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2011-07
Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2003-07
Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2003-07
Location: Denver Metro CO
Date: 2013-12-23
Right after a freezing fog.  This was taken at Surrey Ridge Glend
Location: At Manitou Cliff Dwellings, Manitou, Colorado
Date: 2012-08-03

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