Y. maculata has young culms of this species has fine stripes. It grows at elevations from about 1 to 2.5 miles in Yunnan and Sichuan, China. Bamboo is a common term for a large number of giant grasses that include […]
Yushania anceps ( Pitt White anceps )
The cultivar, ‘Pitt White’ is slightly taller than the species. It weeps and has narrow leaves. This clone comes form Britain. Y. anceps is a Bamboo and a common term for a large number of giant grasses that include many […]
Yucca recurvifolia ( Recurved Yucca )
Towering, slow growing, evergreen specimen with arching strap-like gray-green leaves to 3 feet long. Unusual container plant or useful in rock gardens. Spikes of white, summer flowers. Can be pruned into single-trunk specimen. Leaf tips point down, making this yucca […]
Yucca gloriosa ( Mound-lily Yucca )
Multi-trunked, evergreen shrub with soft-pointed, strap-shaped leaves to 2 feet long. White/purple flowers on tall spikes in late summer. Good container plant. Useful near swimming pools, rock gardens, entries, or as barrier.
Yucca filamentosa ( Variegated Yucca )
‘Variegata’ has blue-green leaves with white margins. In winter, leaves take on a tinge of pink. Spiky, slow growing evergreen forming massive tufts of foliage up to 30 inches. Imposing panicles of large white flowers. Edible flowers. Good rock garden […]
Yucca filamentosa ( Bright Edge Yucca )
‘Bright Edge’ has yellow margins on its leaves. Spiky, slow growing evergreen forming massive tufts of foliage up to 30 inches. Imposing panicles of large white flowers. Edible flowers. Good rock garden or xeriscape plant. Curled filaments along leaves give […]
Yucca elata ( Soaptree Yucca )
Slow growing single or multi-trunk tree with sword-like leaves, to 4 feet long. Tall spikes of white flowers in summer. Edible flowers. Useful near swimming pools or in rock gardens. Cluster for dramatic effect.
x. Cupressocyparis leylandii ( Robinson’s Gold Leyland Cypress )
It is a fast-growing, pyramidal, evergreen tree with scaly leaves held on flattened to quadrangular branchlet sprays. Foliage of ‘Robinson’s Gold’ is bronzy-yellow in spring, slowly turning golden yellow and lemon-green. Produces round, brown female cones and ovoid, yellow male […]
x. Cupressocyparis leylandii ( Leyland Cypress )
Fast growing pyramidal evergreen tree with branches of flattened green foliage sprays. Produces round, brown female cones and ovoid, yellow male cones, 1/16-1/8 inch long. This vigorous conifer can grow over 100 feet tall, though it usually reaches around 80 […]
x. Cupressocyparis leylandii ( Hyde Hall Leyland Cypress )
X.Cupressocyparis is a genus hybrid between Chamaecyparis and Cupressus. It is a pyramidal, evergreen tree with scaly leaves held on flattened to quadrangular branchlet sprays. ‘Hyde Hall’ is a slow-growing, dwarf cultivar with deep green foliage. Produces round, brown female […]
