Yucca torreyi Chaves 4b Long rhizomes can be cut

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

is one of the most statuesque species in the genus Arisaema

late winter into early spring

In July and August

bell-shaped flowers

Yucca torreyi Chaves 4b Long rhizomes can be cutWe 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