About
Yucca filamentosa 'Bright Edge' is a compact evergreen shrub that develops rosettes of sword-like leaves reaching up to 60 cm long, featuring broad, vivid yellow edges. In late summer, it may produce panicles of pendulous, creamy-white, bell-shaped flowers on stems that can grow to 1.5 m tall.
About the genus
Yucca plants can be classified as evergreen perennials, shrubs, or trees. They feature either compact or sprawling rosettes of rigid, sword-like foliage and produce tall clusters of bell-shaped blossoms.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil type
- Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Well-drained
- Aspect
- East-facing, South-facing
- Exposure
- Exposed, Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H4
Plant details
- Plant type
- Shrubs
- Habit
- Bushy
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Height
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Spread
- 1-1.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 10-20 years
- Suggested uses
- Architectural, City and courtyard gardens, Mediterranean climate plants, Patio and container plants
- Toxicity
- Skin allergen. Wear gloves and other protective equipment when handling Pets (dogs, cats): Harmful if eaten - for further information and contact numbers regarding pets, see the HTA guide to potentially harmful plants
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Easy to grow in sheltered, well-drained beds, where there is full sun all day. See yucca cultivation for further advice
- Pruning
- Pruning not normally needed, but damaged leaves and spent flower spikes can be removed as necessary in the spring
- Propagation
- Propagate by bud cuttings which are treated as softwood cuttings or take stem cuttings which are treated as hardwood cuttings. Root cuttings can also be used. Division of clumps is also possible
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to aphids on flower spikes and snails
- Disease resistance
- May be susceptible to leaf spot