Yucca torreyi Chaves Amaryllids The new leaves emerge with

The new leaves emerge with a nice red border

Hosta 'Marilyn Monroe' is a vigorous seedling selection from open pollinated Hosta rupifraga 'Urajiro' seed the late Jim Hawes acquired from Japan

but the stalks are procumbent (growing sideways)

great for the rock garden and very tolerant of moist conditions in full to part sun

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

Yucca torreyi Chaves Amaryllids The new leaves emerge withWe 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