Yucca recurva Cousin It Trachystemon From its Canna iridiflora background

From its Canna iridiflora background

except that its white pattern of variegation is larger and persists year round compared to Aspidistra 'Asahi'

but the new growth becomes cream-centered again when the nights begin to cool

first discovered in 1788 by French botanist

(aka: Hexastylis arifolia) Asarum arifolium 'Silver Spreader' is a 2015 Plant Delights introduction that we originally discovered in a colony of stoloniferous wild gingers in 2006 in Clay County

Yucca recurva Cousin It Trachystemon From its Canna iridiflora backgroundThis bizarre yucca was shared with us by Florida plantsman, Alani Davis, who named it after finding it growing in Leon County, Florida. We are uncertain if this is a mutant wild form of the trunked Yucca recurvifolia, or an old hybrid with that species. Regardless, it's a cool garden plant that forms a 3' tall trunk in three years, topped with a large 3' tall head of narrow 4' long blue green, deer resistant leaves that weep more so than typical Yucca