Yucca nana

Dwarf Soapwort

Plant Type:

ARID LAND PLANTS

Yucca nana – This is the rare Dwarf Soapwort from the deserts of Utah that forms small gray-green rosettes with some silvery coiled hairs emerging from the edges of the thick, fibrous sword-like blades. It is said to bloom sporadically and we have yet to see it flower in northeastern Connecticut. Photos show a beautiful and handsomely structured flowering event with spikes from 2’ to 3’ tall carrying densely-packed and evenly-spaced large white flowers held close to the stalk. The Dwarf Soapwort is a most worthy evergreen plant sited in full blazing sun planted in very sharply xeric conditions – probably best set on a south-facing slope in the northeast. Seed grown or by division.


Height:

6-12 In

Spread:

6-12 In

Colors:

White

Zone:

(5)6 to 9
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Characteristics and Attributes for Yucca nana

Season of Interest (Flowering)

  • Summer

Season of Interest (Foliage)

  • Four Seasons

Nature Attraction

  • Deer Resistant

Light

  • Full Sun

Attributes

  • Border
  • Drought Tolerant
  • Evergreen
  • Rock Garden

Growth Rate in the Garden

  • Slow

Soil

  • Scrabbled
  • Average
  • Sandy
  • Draining
  • Calcareous

Origins

  • Utah

Propagated By

  • Division
  • By Seed / Potted