Rancho Tissue Technologies has expanded its tissue-cultured Yucca lineup to a total of ten varieties.
"We are excited to be offering these unique and colorful yuccas to the industry," says Heather Hunter May, founder and owner. "All are produced in our state-of-the-art tissue culture lab to ensure true-to-type coloration, consistent form, and disease-free planting stock."
Highlights
Yucca rostrata 'Rancho Blue' is an exclusive Rancho Tissue selection chosen for its exceptionally vivid powder-blue foliage, even more intense than traditional rostrata forms. With a compact habit in youth and a statuesque silhouette as it matures, it develops into a single-trunked specimen reaching 12–15 feet tall, topped by a dense, symmetrical crown of slightly stiff blue leaves with light yellow margins. Its refined structure, showstopping color, and cold-hardiness make it a premier choice for architectural planting, modern landscapes, and xeriscape design. Cold hardy to 10°F once established, provided soil is well-drained.
© Rancho Tissue TechnologyYucca rostrata 'Rancho Blue'
Yucca rostrata 'Sapphire Skies' is a colored selection of a trunk-forming yucca. This cultivar was chosen for its consistently vibrant, powdery blue-gray foliage, which radiates from a tight central rosette atop a slender trunk that slowly develops over time. Each leaf is narrow and finely tapered, giving the plant a strikingly architectural appearance. Unlike some Yuccas, 'Sapphire Skies' has a softer presence—ideal for design-focused xeriscapes, modern gardens, or container planting. With age, it forms a single trunk 10-15 feet tall, eventually producing creamy white flowers on tall spikes in early summer. Cold hardy to 10°F once established, provided soil is well-drained.
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Yucca rostrata 'Sapphire Skies'
Yucca pallida (Pale Leaf Yucca) is a deer-resistant selection that makes a great garden plant, forming short 20" tall x 30" wide single rosettes. The wide and slightly twisted powder-blue leaves with very pale yellow edging are somewhat stiff but not stiff as Yucca torreyi. When mature, its clumps are topped with 3' tall spikes holding white bell-shaped flowers – a hummingbird favorite. Hardy to 0°F once established.
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