15 plants in this collection
Originally sourced from Kitt Peak, Arizona by Bob McCartney, and last offered in the 1993 Woodlanders catalog under "Woody Lilies."
Red yucca is one of those plants that looks like architecture and behaves, in the best sense, like a weed, thriving on neglect while holding a clean sculptural shape all year. From a low rosette of slender, arching, blue-gray leaves, each edged with curling white threads, the plant throws tall, wiry flower wands to four or five feet through the warm months, hung with dangling tubular blooms in coral-pink to deep red. Hummingbirds find the flowers almost the moment they open, and the bloom carries from late spring well into fall.
Manfreda maculosa carries the rugged beauty of the American Southwest into the garden. Known by a string of evocative names, Texas tuberose, spice lily, and rattlesnake agave, this striking plant hails from the arid country of Texas and northern Mexico, where the spotted leaves and tall, aromatic flower stalks have caught the eye of gardeners and naturalists for generations.
A fine-textured native yucca from the Texas hill country. Yucca constricta, the Buckley yucca, forms a stemless or short-stemmed rosette, single or clustered, of many very narrow, blue-green, spine-tipped leaves edged with curling white marginal filaments. The species honors the nineteenth-century naturalist Samuel Botsford Buckley, and the epithet constricta notes the narrowed leaves that give the plant a softer, more delicate look than the bolder yuccas.
Spanish Bayonet Yucca is native along the southeastern U.S. coast and is commonly grown as an ornamental throughout the South. The tall trunks of this arborescent yucca can be in clusters and are topped with stiff leaves 1-2 feet long and several inches broad. These are tipped with very sharp points which one must be careful of. The large showy spikes of white bell-like flowers appear in summer and are followed by firm fleshy green fruits. This plant thrives in sunny locations with well-drained soil and is popular for an exotic, desert, or tropical effect.
A clumping or sometimes solitary stem Yucca with narrow blue-green leaves 1-3 feet long. Stems lacking or up to 3 feet tall. Dense panicle of white bell-like flowers not held high above the leaves. A plant of very deep sandy soils or dunes in west Texas. Might prove good on sandy sites in full sun. Grown from seed collected in Ward County, Texas
Tall, sparingly branched, tree-like yucca with attractive narrow blue-green leaves at terminal ends of stems. Hanging old dead leaves may persist on upper trunks. Showy tall spikes of white bell-like flowers. Very old specimens in the natural habitat may be taller than size given. A taproot makes it difficult to tranplant from the wild. Plant in full sun in very well-drained soil. Adding lime may be beneficial on acid soils. Grown from seed from Reeves County, Texas.
This big slow-growing tree-like yucca can be single stem or branched. The leaves are 2-3 feet long and 2-3 inches wide. Large branched clusters of white bell-like flowers follwed by large fleshy seed capsules are borne at the top of the mature plants. Native to west Texas it is an imposing plant in desert landscapes there. Large specimens transplanted to some southeastern landscape plantings from Virginia southward have proven hardy and adaptable.
New Woodlanders introduction we found on Flag Mtn., Al. Like typical Threadleaf Yucca but foliage with decided bluish cast. Southeastern U.S. Z. 6-9
Izote Yucca is a large tree-like yucca from desert areas in central Mexico. The tall simple or branched trunks are crowned by relatively long narrow sword-like leaves typical of yuccas. The white bell-like flowers in tall terminal branched spikes atop the mature plants are likewise similar to other yuccas. This rarely offered yucca appears to be relatively hardy and adaptable and would make a bold statement in any landscape where it could be grown.
Widely cultivated in the South and West. Usually forming short trunk. Has wide, pliable bluish-green leaves which droop at the ends. Native range questionable. Supposedly the central Gulf Coast.. (See O&T)
This essentially trunkless Yucca found sparingly in central Texas has been considered by some to be a hybrdid between Yucca thompsoniana and Y. rupicola. It is found primarily in the Edwards Plateau where it is usually on limestone soils. An unusual and attractive Yucca that can be single or clump forming with multiple heads. Yucca-do nursery reports it has been cold hardy to Witchita, Kansas. As with other Yucca species it should be grown in a sunny well-draines site and kept free of competing vegetation.
This Yucca with relatively short narrow blueish leaves is native to dry areas in west Texas, Mexico, and southern New Mexico. Tall showy spikes of white bell-like flowers are followed by fruits with a pointed tip which give it its common name. It is considered one of the prettiest Yucca species. May slowly grow into a single or multiple trunk specimen. Has proven hardy in Dallas which is colder and wetter than its natural range. Plant in sunny site with well-drained soil.
Torrey Yucca is a relatively hardy tree form yucca from desert areas in west Texas, New Mexico, and southward. It can be single or multi trunked. The green to bluish leaves are stiff with a sharp point but it is often disheveled looking with a skirt of dead leaves giving it the common name of "Old Shag". When in bloom it does have showy dense clusters of white flowers on tall spikes. Plant in sun with well-drained soil.
Imposing, tree-like. Arborescent. Leaves in large symmetrical rosette, rigid, sword-shaped, to 39 inches long and 3 1/4 inches wide. (See O&T)
