Green and yellow striped Color Guard Adam's Needle in a pot with a wooden background

Color Guard Adam's Needle

1 Gallon
$28.90
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Green and yellow striped Color Guard Adam's Needle in a pot with a wooden background
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Color Guard Adam's Needle

Yucca flaccida 'Color Guard'

A compact, colorful yucca with brilliant gold-striped foliage, providing year-round visual impact with zero maintenance.

$28.90
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Description

Color Guard Adam's Needle is a dazzling, award-winning variegated yucca that provides year-round color and architectural interest. Its stiff, sword-like leaves are boldly striped with a bright, golden-yellow center and thin green margins, with curly white filaments peeling from the edges. The foliage color is most vibrant in cool weather and full sun. In summer, mature clumps send up tall spikes of fragrant, creamy-white flowers. This compact, clump-forming perennial is exceptionally tough, drought-tolerant, and adds a luminous focal point to any sunny border or rock garden.

  • Vibrant Gold & Green Variegated Foliage: Features striking leaves with a broad, central golden-yellow stripe bordered by dark green edges, offering spectacular color contrast.

  • Compact, Clump-Forming Habit: Grows as a stemless, symmetrical rosette, making it perfect for the front of borders, containers, or mass plantings.

  • Fragrant Summer Flower Spikes: Produces tall, impressive panicles of creamy-white, bell-shaped flowers that attract pollinators like moths and hummingbirds.

  • Extremely Drought & Heat Tolerant: Once established, it thrives with no supplemental water and excels in hot, sunny, and well-drained locations.

  • Four-Season Interest: The evergreen, colorful foliage provides reliable structure and brightness in the garden throughout the year.

Quick Facts

  • Features:Sword-shaped, rigid leaves with creamy yellow centers and dark green edges, adorned with curly white filaments along margins. Forms dramatic spiral rosettes. Produces towering spikes of bell-shaped creamy white flowers.
  • Mature Height: 3-4 ft (6 ft with flowers)
  • Mature Width: 4 ft
  • Growth Rate: Moderate
  • Light Needs: Full sun
  • Key Advantages:Striking variegated foliage,Extreme cold hardiness,Drought tolerant,Year-round interest
  • Landscape Uses:Xeriscape gardens,Modern landscapes,Rock gardens,Winter interest plantings
  • Special Care:Remove spent flower stalks,Divide clumps every 3-5 years,Tolerates poor soils,No fertilizer neede
  • Seasonal Interest:Flowers: Late spring to midsummer,Foliage: Evergreen with pink winter tints

Faqs

Q: Will the yellow color fade in shade?
A: Yes, for the most intense golden color, full sun is essential. In too much shade, the leaves will become mostly green, and the plant will grow weakly.

Q: Is it evergreen?
A: Yes, it is fully evergreen, retaining its colorful foliage throughout the winter, often with pink or rose blushes in cold weather, adding to its seasonal appeal.

📍 Primary Delivery Area · San Francisco Bay Area

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San Francisco Bay Area is our primary local delivery market. Victory Nursery also serves additional California markets and selected extended delivery areas by arrangement.

Regular local delivery: San Francisco, Peninsula, South Bay, East Bay, Marin, Tracy / Mountain House and surrounding service areas.

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