Yucca Plant

The Yucca plant or Soapweed is overlooked as a landscape plant in many parts of the United States and deserves far more by landscape designers.

The texture of the Yucca is outstanding and foliage colors range from various shades of green to blue and even several variegated forms which are yellow and green and white and green.

It can be safely used in the southern states and certain varieties north through at least zone four.

The name Soapweed came about as the Native Americans and others used it as a cleansing aid.

Check ingredients in some of the highest priced cosmetics on the market and you will find yucca extract in many of them.

Flowers are on tall spikes and very in color mostly from greenish-white to creamy-white.

Heights vary a great deal with some forms no more than two feet tall to giants of fifteens feet and more.

With our busy life styles the Yucca should be a favorite as it is so very easy to establish and in time develops a deep root system that makes it extremely drought resistant.