Yucca torreyi Chaves Part Sun Discovered by native plant guru
Yard notes & kiln story
Description
Discovered by native plant guru Bob McCartney on one of his many jaunts through Florida
it was obvious the ploidy (the number of chromosomes) was higher than normal
We have found that light
a native sedge from Canada south to Missouri
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Yucca torreyi Chaves Part Sun Discovered by native plant guruWe 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