Why Plant Color Guard Adam's Needle?
Color, color everywhere! Adam's Needle is a splash of color! From the striped foliage with white strips against a dark green background to the snowy blooms that grow on upright spires, this Yucca has much to offer the landscape. The spires of white blooms provide a nice flowery fragrance during the summer, when other flowering plants take a break from the heat. You will want to be careful, though. Adam's Needle is named for a reason, and you will want to watch where you touch, the ends can be pointy and scratch anyone nearby.
Color Guard is a cultivar of Yucca filamentosa, a wild ornamental grass commonly found growing on sand dunes in the southeastern US. The unique variegated leaves make Color Guard stand out from other yuccas and also makes this one very easy to identify. Yuccas are unique in that only a certain species of moth, the yucca moth, can pollinate the flowers. The reason why yucca flowers smell the most fragrant at night is because they are trying to attract the female moths to the flowers for pollination; each flower is specifically designed to only allow this moth to enter. Every time a female moth visits a yucca flower, she leaves behind eggs that will live off of the developing seeds in the yucca plant.
How to use Color Guard Adam's Needle in the landscape?
This yucca is full of color and flair! Color Guard is an exotic-looking accent with bright green and creamy yellow spiked leaves perfect for containers or dry gardens. Summertime brings with it creamy white flowers that hang like little bells off of the stems that are mixed in with the colorful leaves. Each bloom is sweetly fragrant, especially in the evening. Color Guard has fantastic fall color that consists of the leaf spikes turning to pink and red tones.
Planting Zones
Hardiness Zone: 4-10
How To Plant Color Guard Adam's Needle
Color Guard loves the hot, dry weather so be sure to plant this accent where it will receive plenty of hot sun. As long as the soil it is planted in drains well, this yucca can be sited in any soil type from average soil to sand. A very hardy character, Color Guard can withstand very cold temperatures as well as very hot temperatures.
How To Water
Watering needs for the Color Guard Adam's Needle are a bare minimum as it will require water at planting and no other time.
How To Fertilize
Fertilize your Color Guard Adam's Needle when planting. From there, ongoing fertilizer applications should take place in spring as the plant breaks dormancy!
How To Prune
Little pruning is required for your Color Guard. Once the flowers have faded, you can prune the stalks down.
How Does Shipping Work?
Bower & Branch Trees, the real BIG trees, don’t fit in a box! Our big trees, sizes XL and bigger, require expert delivery and care, that means our extra-large trees are shipped on Bower & Branch trucks. We are the only ones who know how to ship our big and bigger trees and plants with tender loving care. We deliver your trees and plants directly to you. Ask Bower & Branch about planting services – we'd be happy to assist in installation.
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Your trees and plants are grown across the United States at various Bower & Branch Growers. Depending on your location, your plant orders may be shipped from various locations. Please expect orders with multiple items to be delivered over a number of days as a result. Orders made up of numerous items or selections will not arrive at your home on the same day.
Shipping Delays:
From time to time, Bower & Branch Growers may determine to delay order shipment based on various factors for plant health. Weather in your region, as well as, where your plants are grown, is always considered when shipping. Extreme weather conditions may delay some or all of your order. Bower & Branch allows our Growers to make final shipping decisions based solely to benefit your trees and plants’ health and success.
How Does Sizing Work?
The size of our trees have nothing to do with the container size like you may find elsewhere–big doesn't mean just height - it’s also vigor, age, and overall health. Other online retailers are going to tell you that a plant is a seven gallon, that means nothing to your tree or plant (or you.)
Our trees for sale online are graded on large, x-large, and even bigger sizes. This is because our trees are sized by their age—the higher the letter, the more mature the tree. The age determines the trees’ overall height, size of the trunk and the overall branch density.
All of these characteristics are what you should be looking for when choosing a tree for immediate impact and instant curb appeal. Our extra-large tree and plant sizes are sure to wow you and your neighbors!
See the size guides below.
