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Yucca filamentosa 'Garland Gold' |
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 Yucca filamentosa 'Garland Gold' $4.95
- common names: yucca
- flowering season: summer
- height: leaves to 2 feet; flower stems to 5 or 6 feet
- Light requirements: sun
- Soil requirements: average
- Water requirments: average to low
- Growth habit: grows as a slowly expanding clump
- How to propagate: dividing in early summer
- Leaf type: long, narrow bayonet-like leaves with very sharp points (be careful !)
- Ways to use it: needs little care once it is established; is a colorful focal point for the sunny garden
- Special characteristics: its evergreen leaves are especially enjoyed during a long winter
This evergreen plant has broad stripes of creamy yellow down the centers of the leaves. Over winter the leaves become flushed with pink that disappears the following summer. And the margins of the leaves develop thin strands of floss that peel away from the edges. Be careful of the ends of the leaves because they have sharp points. The leaves grow to twenty-four inches long. After a plant reaches full size it will bloom in summer with a tall 6-foot stem of large white flowers. After blooming the flower stem can be cut down. The plant will not die but grows several new shoots that are connected at the roots. They will grow larger until they in their turn will bloom. Over years a plant grows into a thick, tightly grouped clump of plants. The group can be left together for many years, or you can dig and separate it into separate pieces to grow on their own, and flower in their turn. Cold hardy to USDA Zones 5 - 10. |
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