Yucca torreyi Chaves Part Sun it was obvious the ploidy

it was obvious the ploidy (the number of chromosomes) was higher than normal

The mounds of foliage are topped from early summer until frost with terminal spikes bearing hundreds of small

a native sedge from Canada south to Missouri

slowly spreading deciduous perennial which arises in spring to form a dense patch of 20" tall

boreale matures

Yucca torreyi Chaves Part Sun it was obvious the ploidyWe 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