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Asparagaceae
Bear-grass
Yucca glauca
Also known as Squaw grass, Indian basket grass, Turkey beard, Yucca stricta
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Yucca · Drought Tolerant · Great Plains · Native · Xeriscape · Architectural Plant · Spiky · White Flowers · Perennial · Low Water
Yucca glauca (Soapweed or Bear-grass) is an extremely drought-tolerant, architectural plant native to the Great Plains that thrives in full sun and well-drained to dry soils. It requires very little water once established and is highly resistant to heat and cold. Its tall creamy-white flower spikes in summer are a spectacular feature and attract pollinators including moths.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 8 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply but infrequently; allow soil to dry completely between waterings · Every 14-21 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 7–8.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 110°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 5a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 10 ft – 30 ft
- Spread
- 15 ft
- Spacing
- 36 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Deep
- Flowers
- White
- Foliage
- Green · Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alberta, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming
- Attracts
- Bees, Moths, Hummingbirds
Sources: trefle, usda
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