Soapweed Yucca (Yucca glauca)

Soapweed Yucca (Yucca glauca) | $12.99 | 4-inch pot

🌿 Quick Facts: • Native Status: Native to North America — a true Colorado native of the plains & foothills • USDA Growing Zones: 3-10 (hardy to about -30°F) • Height: 2-3 feet of foliage; flower stalk 3-6 feet • Spread: 2-4 feet

🌺 Bloom Details: • Season: Late spring to early summer • Colors: Creamy greenish-white • Flower Type: Large nodding bells on a tall central stalk • Bloom Period: May-July

☀️ Growing Requirements: • Sun: Full sun • Water: Very low — thrives on rainfall alone once established • Soil: Sandy, rocky or gravelly, sharply drained; excellent in alkaline soil • Spacing: 24-36 inches apart

🦋 Pollinator Benefits: • Birds: Seeds and dense evergreen cover • Native Bees: Limited — this plant has a specialist pollinator instead • Butterflies: Larval host for the yucca giant-skipper • Beneficial Insects: Pollinated almost exclusively by night-flying yucca moths in a remarkable one-to-one partnership

🌱 Plant Care: • Spring: Remove winter-damaged leaves; no fertilizer needed • Summer: No supplemental water once established • Fall: Cut the spent flower stalk; leave the rosette intact • Winter: Fully hardy and evergreen — no protection required

🤝 Companion Planting: • Perfect paired with:

• Blue Grama
• Chocolate Flower
• Sulfur Flower
• Firecracker Penstemon

✨ Unique Characteristics: • Bold year-round architectural evergreen • One of the toughest, most cold-hardy natives you can plant • Survives on rainfall alone — ideal for xeriscape • Fascinating yucca moth partnership: neither species can reproduce without the other • Roots were historically used as soap, giving it the name 'soapweed' • Note: leaf tips are sharp — site away from paths and play areas