Yucca torreyi Chaves Lobelia slowly spreading

slowly spreading

The clump is topped with thick flower stalks ending in equally exquisite

topped in late summer (NC) with terminal clusters of narrow white petals and long protruding white filaments

it can easily handle garden soils of average moisture

The foliage emerges for us in mid-October

Yucca torreyi Chaves Lobelia slowly spreadingWe 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