Color Guard Yucca – Yucca filamentosa 'Color Guard' Live Plant

Add bold texture and year-round color to your landscape with Yucca filamentosa 'Color Guard', also known as Adam's Needle. This striking broadleaf evergreen features dramatic sword-shaped leaves with bright creamy-yellow centers and dark green margins. In winter, the foliage can develop attractive rosy-pink tones.

This hardy, low-maintenance yucca makes a beautiful focal point in garden beds and containers. Its architectural shape and drought tolerance also make it an excellent choice for rock gardens, xeriscapes, and coastal landscapes.

Plant Details

• Botanical Name: Yucca filamentosa 'Color Guard'

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

• Plant Type: Broadleaf evergreen perennial

• Plant Age: 2-year potted plant

• Foliage: Sword-shaped leaves with creamy-yellow centers and dark green margins

• Winter Color: Rosy-pink tones

• Mature Height: Approximately 2–4 feet

• Mature Width: Approximately 2–4 feet

• Flower Stalk Height: Approximately 4–8 feet

• USDA Hardiness Zones: 4a–10b

• Cold Tolerance: Reported to tolerate temperatures down to -30°F

• Light: Full sun to partial shade

Foliage and Flowers

The colorful variegated foliage provides visual interest throughout the year. Full sun encourages the brightest, most vibrant leaf coloration.

In mid-to-late summer, tall flower stalks rise from the center of the plant, reaching approximately 4–8 feet. They carry fragrant, creamy-white, bell-shaped flowers that attract beneficial pollinators, including butterflies and hummingbirds.

Growing and Care Information

Light: Grows in full sun to partial shade. Choose a sunny location for the brightest foliage color.

Soil: Prefers well-draining sandy, rocky, or loamy soil. It adapts to poor soils and various soil textures but should not be planted in heavy, waterlogged clay.

Water: Extremely drought-tolerant once established. Water lightly to moderately, allowing the soil to dry completely between waterings.

Maintenance: A low-maintenance landscape plant with few pest problems. It is salt-tolerant and highly resistant to deer and rabbits.

Landscape Uses

Color Guard Yucca is a versatile choice for:

• Xeriscaping and drought-conscious gardens

• Rock gardens and Mediterranean-style landscapes

• Coastal and seashore gardens

• Garden beds and specimen plantings

• Container focal points

• Slope and bank stabilization

Its deep, resilient root system can help stabilize slopes and banks.

Shipping Information

• Ships as a 2-year potted plant.

• Free shipping is available to most locations.

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

• Orders are held if temperatures are warmer than 89°F or colder than 20°F.

• Every plant is inspected for quality before shipment.

Plants are rarely damaged during shipping. If your plant arrives damaged, please contact us right away and include photos of the package and plant so we can help.

Please message us before ordering if you have any questions.

Production Partner: Tree World Plant Care Products Inc., Saint Joseph, Missouri.