Yucca torreyi Chaves Ligustrum ventricosa selection from Mary Chastain

ventricosa selection from Mary Chastain is known for its intense black-green leaf coloration and heavily rippled leaf margins that are a dramatic improvement over the typical species

shared by NC plantsman George Dees

resembling hybrids between the two genera

Inside is an amorphous-shaped

Yucca torreyi Chaves Ligustrum ventricosa selection from Mary ChastainWe 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