Yucca torreyi Chaves 4b late winter into early spring

late winter into early spring

Long rhizomes can be cut into shorter sections each several inches long

deeply-channeled leaves are topped

while the plant dies afterwards

In July and August

Yucca torreyi Chaves 4b late winter into early springWe 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