Yucca rostrata Sapphire Skies Disporopsis which improves with age

which improves with age

while very drought-tolerant

when the clumps are topped with cloud-like heads of reddish purple that age to pink

The very large pointed glossy evergreen leaves are highlighted with silver

heavily-textured foliage provide a nice foil for the whorls of yellow

Yucca rostrata Sapphire Skies Disporopsis which improves with ageThis selection of Yucca rostrata comes from an early 1990s Sean Hogan collection in northern Mexico. Sean grew out a batch of seed and selected the most powder blue form for tissue culture under the name Yucca rostrata 'Sapphire Skies'. Yucca rostrata is one of the hardiest species of trunked yucca, forming a 4' tall, deer resistant, hummingbird friendly plant in 10 years. The narrow, powder blue leaves are quite flexible and subsequently worthless as