YUCCA
(Plant heights are given at maturity)
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Adam's Needle
(Bear's thread) - Yucca filamentosa - Evergreen plant with long, dagger-shaped
leaves - practically stemless and produces suckers freely. Leaves
are about 2-1/2ft. long, 1-2inches wide with grey threadlike filaments.
Flowers are white, edible, and borne on spikes rising up to 5ft.
and under some conditions, 15ft. The hardiest of the yuccas, tolerating
temperatures to 0 degrees or less with some protection. The roots
can be pounded to make a mild soap. Full sun; plant height: 3-15ft.
| #799 Packet, $23.50 each, Approximately 30 seeds
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| #P799H 3in. pot $18.95
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Datil Yucca - Yucca baccata - Forms a large clumping rosette on the
ground with blue green leaves - very sharp. Flowers are white and
borne on tall spikes in the summer, followed by seed pods. A shorter,
more compact form. Hardy to -30F (-34.4C); height: 3ft.
| #2418 Packet, $19.00 each, Approximately 30 seeds
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Great Plains
Yucca (Soapweed, Bear Grass, Spanish Bayonet) Yucca glauca - Good plant
for xeriscaping in hot dry locations. Long sharp dagger like leaves
radiate from a central core. Leaves are actually blue-green in color
. A central stalk will emerge covered with white blooms, followed
by seed pods. Blooms, seed pods, and stems are edible. Seeds
are dried for storage or baked and eaten as cakes. Sometimes the
fruits are soaked, then cooked into a syrup, which is made into a hot drink.
Blooms are eaten as salad greens and stems are cooked and eaten rather
like asparagus. Medicinally, yucca is used to treat skin disorders
and at once time a tea made from boiled roots was used to induce menopause.
Leaves are used to make baskets, cloth and brooms. Hardy to -30F
(-34.4C); height: 20ft.
| #22778 Packet, $16.45 each, Approximately 30 seeds
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Joshua Tree (Beaked Yucca) Yucca brevifolia - This variety has a thick
central stem with dagger like leaves arranged on top. Native
to California, Arizona & Nevada, it requires little water and thrives
in desert-like locations. Hardy to 10F (-17.7C); height: 20ft.
| #2419 Packet, $4.50 each, Approximately 10 seeds
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