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

but the stalks are procumbent (growing sideways)

so we have not found it to flower reliably in Zone 7b and south

Epimedium acuminatum 'Guiding Light' is a 2010 Plant Delights Nursery introduction

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