Color Guard Yucca – Yucca filamentosa 'Color Guard'

2-Year Potted Plant | Variegated Evergreen Foliage

Add year-round color and architectural interest to your garden with Color Guard Yucca (Yucca filamentosa 'Color Guard'), also known as Adam's Needle. This striking evergreen perennial features sword-shaped leaves with bright creamy-yellow centers and dark green margins. During winter, the foliage can develop attractive rosy-pink tones.

Its bold foliage, dramatic summer flower stalks, and adaptability make it a standout choice for sunny landscapes, rock gardens, containers, and coastal planting areas.

Plant Details

• Botanical name: Yucca filamentosa 'Color Guard'

• Common name: Color Guard Yucca, Adam's Needle

• Plant age: 2 years

• Plant format: Potted plant

• Plant type: Broadleaf evergreen perennial

• USDA hardiness zones: 4a–10b

• Cold tolerance: Down to approximately -30°F

• Typical mature size: 2–4 feet tall and 2–4 feet wide

• Flower stalk height: Approximately 4–8 feet

Colorful Evergreen Foliage

Color Guard is especially valued for its distinctive variegated leaves:

• Creamy-yellow centers

• Dark green leaf margins

• Sword-like architectural shape

• Rosy-pink tones that may develop during winter

Full sun encourages the brightest foliage coloration.

Summer Flowers

In mid-to-late summer, mature plants can produce impressive flower stalks rising approximately 4–8 feet above the foliage.

The stalks carry fragrant, creamy-white, bell-shaped flowers that attract pollinators, including butterflies and hummingbirds.

Flowering depends on plant maturity and growing conditions.

Growing Conditions and Care

Sunlight

• Full sun to partial shade.

• Full sun produces the brightest foliage colors.

Soil

• Prefers well-draining soil.

• Sandy, rocky, and loamy soils are suitable.

• Adapts to poor soils and different soil textures.

• Avoid heavy, waterlogged clay.

Watering

• Low to moderate watering needs.

• Highly drought-tolerant once established.

• Allow soil to dry completely between waterings.

Hardiness

• Suitable for USDA Zones 4a–10b.

• Tolerates freezing temperatures down to approximately -30°F.

Landscape and Container Uses

Color Guard Yucca is a versatile choice for:

• Rock gardens

• Xeriscaping and water-wise landscapes

• Mediterranean-style gardens

• Coastal and seashore gardens

• Containers and patio focal points

• Specimen plantings

• Slope and bank stabilization

Its salt tolerance makes it especially useful in coastal settings. The seller also describes it as highly resistant to deer and rabbits.

Shipping Information

• Free shipping is available to most locations.

• Larger boxes and shipments to Alaska, Hawaii, APO addresses, U.S. territories, and remote locations may require an additional freight surcharge.

• Orders may be held when temperatures are above 89°F or below 20°F until conditions improve.

Every plant is inspected for quality before shipment. Plants are rarely damaged during shipping, but if yours arrives damaged, please contact us promptly. Take photographs of the package and plant to help us resolve the issue.

Please message us before ordering if you have any questions.

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