Yucca thompsoniana is a very good and impressive landscape plant but is pretty rare to find for sale in nurseries. Though it looks like Y.brevifolia, it is more cold hardy as it originates from colder/higher regions, mostly in western Texas and usually on limestone hills and high elevation plains between 900-1800m: it will tolerate temperatures down to -18° C but in dry conditions even -23° C, so a very good choice for the kind of winters we have experienced over the past couple of years.
In sharp contrast to Y.rostrata the surface of the leaves feels rather rough. The inflorescence differs from Y.rostrata: the panicle (40-60cm long) grows 50-90 cm above the leaves, making the total flower stalk up to 120-150cm, whereas Y.rostrata's flowers start right above the leaves. In the budding phase the flowers look purple or greenish, unlike the flowers of Y.rostrata. When mature it will regularly form multi heads and branches which adds greatly to its ‘architectural’ value.
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