Yucca carnerosana

Common name: Giant Spanish Dagger

A tree Yucca northeastern Mexico and western Texas grows a thick, robust and usually solitary trunk, and a dense crown of stiff, broad olive green leaves 40-70 cm long and 5 cm in width with white filiments along the edges. It is a similar in many respects to Yucca faxoniana, and botanically perhaps not distinct, but very cold hardy provided it is given the correct growing conditions. The flower panicle is 100-120 cm long, and usually towering above the leaves. The flower stalk is 5-8 cm thick and the green-white flowers are 5-8 cm long.

• Hardiness  H4: hardy through most of the UK (-10 to -5) maybe lower if dry

• Position/Aspect  Full sun or partial shade in free draining soil

• Drought tolerance  Good although given plent of water in summer it will respond well.

• Size Up to 4-6 meters

• Seed grown at the Kent nursery Yes!