This perennial sub-shrub is stemless and has radiating foliage that forms a compact habit. It has grey green narrow lanced-shaped leaves and the creamy-white cup-shaped flowers appear in a upright cluster high above the foliage from spring to summer.

Hardiness zones 5 to 9

Yucca smallianais naturally found in North America from southern California to Florida growing in sandy bluffs or grasslands and sand prairies or disturbed soils along roadsides to an altitude of 1,800 m (5,900 ft).

It prefers an open sunny to semi shaded position and grows in poor to moderately fertile sandy-stony soil and is pH adaptable. It is drought, frost and cold temperature tolerant.

Adam's Needle is grown for its flowers and its foliage. It is planted in small or arid gardens as a specimen or in group plantings. It is also planted in rockeries or patio pots and planter boxes requiring little care. It is suitable for coastal or low-mountain regions and establishes in 2-3 years. It self-sows readily and in some regions it has become a weed. ID 2666

Yucca (YOO-ka) smalliana(SMAW-lee-AH-na)

Agavaceae (ah-gav-AY-see-ee)