Mail Order Catalog Fall 2010 - Cistus Nursery

Yucca filamentosa ‘Hairy’
Dazzling form of this southeastern native selected at the JC Raulston Arboretum in the early 1990s and just now
becoming available. 3 ft, trunkless rosettes of soft-textured but wide, blue tinted leaves are adorned with
particularly large numbers of curly white threads, giving the entire plant a dazzling cobweb effect. Wonderful
placed where backlighting occurs. One of the easiest to grow species in any soil, with bright light to dappled
shade. Frost hardy in USDA zone 4.
$16.00
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Yucca filifera
Tree forming yucca and one of the most sculptural, the trunk eventually forming a swollen base and slowly
branching. To upwards of 15 ft tall, with 2 ft rosettes of tightly held blue-green leaves covered with delicately
intertwining filifers. Fabulous garden or container specimen for full sun and well-drained soil. Happy with
summer moisture and winter drought, though quite versatile provided temperatures don't drop below 15F for
extended periods. Cold hardy into the mid teens, mid-USDA zone 8; colder with exceptional drainage.
$16.00
$16.00
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* Yucca gloriosa 'Tiny Star' tiny star soapwort
Charming yucca, small and slow growing, to only 18" tall x 3 ft wide eventually, with variegated leaves, creamy
yellow edged in green. Fits well into a rock garden. A selection of a southeastern US native, introduced from
Japan in the 1970s by plantsman Barry Yinger, this form accepts the usual yucca conditions, sun to light shade,
well-drained soil, and occasional water in summer for best appearance. So far, none have been seen to flower.
Frost hardy to at least 0F, USDA zone 7.
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Yucca gloriosa ‘Tricolor’
One of the most useful of the trunk-forming, southeastern US native yuccas found growing from South Carolina
all the way around to the Gulf side often within sea spray. 2-3 ft rosettes of upwardly pointed leaves and trunks
as high as 4 ft, this form variegated with cream and light yellow and infused with pinks especially with winter
frost. Tolerant and even fond of average garden water and very long lived in container. Very good focal point for
the garden. Has been quite happy and frost hardy to mid USDA zone 7.
$16.00
$18.00
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* Yucca linearifolia
One of the most beautiful yucca species, related to Y. rostrata. The 3 ft rosettes atop an eventual 3-8 ft trunk
resemble the Australian grass trees, xanthorroea, or a dim version of Dasylirion quadrangularis. Leaves are
flattened and somewhat triangular, spring-green to nearly turquoise, and flowers are white on stalks to 3 ft or so
above the foliage. Full sun to part shade with good drainage and lean soil. Best with occasional summer water.
Found in a few scattered localities, these are from north of Galleana, NL, Mexico, in a most diverse habitat.
Though the southern habitat would suggest little frost tolerance, these have so far withstood 5F, mid USDA zone
7.
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