Yucca Torreyi

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Leaves of yucca torreyi are bluish or yellowish green in color, long (up to 55 inches), quite rigid, topped by a sharp spine and strongly curved in cross-section. They may be lined by a small number of curly filaments, towards the plant center. Old specimens grow tall (up to 20 feet), the rosettes supported by a woody stem which is covered by a thick blanket of dead leaves, and they branch quite readily.

Torrey's yucca is one of several similar, tree-like yuccas of the Chihuahuan Desert; others include yucca faxoniana (whose leaves are slightly wider, longer, thicker and greener), yucca elata which has much thinner, narrower leaves and yucca thompsoniana, another narrow-leaved species. Some authorities consider yucca torreyi to be a synonym of yucca treculeana.

Yucca torreyi, Torrey's yucca (americansouthwest.net)

This picturesque plant, which is one of the most common yuccas found in western Texas, reaches eighteen to twenty feet tall at maturity, eventually producing multiple trunks. It forms a symmetrical rosette with stiff; bluish-green leaves that grow three to five feet long and are sharply pointed. The bark is grayish-brown and forms a dense thatch as the plant matures. In its native habitat, it sometimes grows into an asymmetrical, untidy-looking plant and has been given the nickname “old shag.” In spring, it produces beautiful, fragrant, bell-shaped, white blooms that reach heights of four feet. However, this plant may not produce blossoms each year. After it does bloom, in late summer, greenish-brown, fleshy fruits appear, becoming leathery as they mature.  Use it as a specimen, or plant it in front of a tall wall for its interesting silhouette and growth habit. Mix it with low-water-use agaves and other succulents. It grows natively in Edwards Plateau through Trans-Pecos, Texas, as well as into New Mexico and south into northern Mexico.

 

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Yucca torreyi, Torrey's yucca (americansouthwest.net)

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