Yucca torreyi Chaves Amaryllids great for the rock garden

great for the rock garden and very tolerant of moist conditions in full to part sun

Each narrow wavy twisted leaf has a dark green center surrounded by a wide creamy edge that is gold in the early spring

where it grew on limestone rocks near the Laos border

Hosta 'Marilyn Monroe' is a vigorous seedling selection from open pollinated Hosta rupifraga 'Urajiro' seed the late Jim Hawes acquired from Japan

cut the banana fruit stalk before the first frost

Yucca torreyi Chaves Amaryllids great for the rock gardenWe typically think of the stunning Yucca torreyi as a Zone 7 plant, so we are ecstatic to offer a Zone 5 hardy strain from Chaves County, New Mexico a region that's recorded 24F (1962) in the wild. Although slow to start, Yucca torreyi 'Chaves' will eventually become a 15' tall phone pole like structure, clothed with 3' long, rigid bayonet shaped leaves. The flower spikes, which top the trunk in April, glow like a white extra terrestrial orb as they