FREE: 25+ Yucca (soapwood) Seeds!

Here's the info that bidders may wish to know:

The Soapweed Yucca is also known as the Great Plains Yucca, the Spanish bayonet and beargrass. The Soapweed Yucca is a perennial native plant and was very useful to Native Americans and early homesteaders. This Yucca is called soapweed because the roots were commonly ground down and used to make a mild soap and shampoo. The saponin compound found in the root is what gives it a detergent / soapy property.
Historically, similar to many other native plants, almost every part of the yucca was exploited. There are over 40 species found all over the states.
The roots were used for soap. The tips of the spines of the strong fibrous leaves were fashioned as needles for sewing and the leaves were used for making twine and string. It was not uncommon to have household items such as mats, baskets and brushes made from Yucca fibers. The fibers were also used to make sandals and other clothing items.
Yuccas can survive long periods of time without a lot of water and grows wild in the deserts of California, Nevada and Arizona. The yucca plant is dependent upon the Yucca moth for its survival and perpetuation of yucca plants. Yucca plants are the only known host plants for yucca moths. Yucca moths remain inside the flowers during the day for protection, because the flowers petals stay closed during the day and only open at night for the moths to mate and pollinate the plant.
Parts of this amazing plant are even edible !
Before the plant flowers, the stalks which actually resemble asparagus, were harvested and cooked. The new seed pods were harvested, roasted, peeled and then eaten. The mature seed pods were ground into a pulpy flour. The spines, flowers and roots were also used to make medicinal hot teas. This plant was thought to have been helpful in reducing inflammation and swelling.

Hope this helps!

will it grow in hot and humid area like florida?

You have great auctions. We should definitely talk about swapping seeds. I love the weird and wonderful, too. I'll email you,

nice fanned

You can google anything and find out all about it, so I googled it and it grows all the way from the southeastern coast to the southwest coast.

Yucca requires no maintenance around here. It's very hardy and since it's a southwestern desert plant, it's drought tolerant. It will slowly reporduce over the years until the original plant is a clump of several plants, but it is not invasive!

im getting so many lately its hard to kep up sorry and thank you lol

I'm pretty sure that the correct term to google is "soapweed", not "soapwood"... just trying to help your bidders find the correct information. It is the roots that make the soap substance. It used to be used for washing wool before it was spun. These are nice plants that require very little care. Good auction *^_^*

Note to bidders, read the above posts, as i evidently got my facts all mixed up and my description is wrong.

Hmmm, just googled and it did indeed say the flower buds are good for soap.

OK, outbid and bidding again. Thanks for being a fan. I'm one of yours, too. But, I'm looking for my 100th fan. Seriously, I have 99 fans. Any takers?