Yucca torreyi grows in general with one trunk, occasionally it will from multiple trunks, they also branch out sometimes. Because of its long leaves and less regular head of leaves which are upright or in various angles, it is not so popular. The leaves are rigid and 80-140cm long and 4-5cm wide. The Y. torreyi has in general a yellow-green colour, but an attractive blue-green form also occurs as our people have seen in the Big Bend Area in west Texas. The inflorescence starts in a beautiful purple colour and the flowers later develop a completely creamy white and are 4,5 to 9cm long; the panicle in general does not grows outside the leaf rosette. It gets halfway the leaves. Y. torryi is most similar to Y. treculeana, but Y. treculeana has smooth leaf margins, or very rarely light straight filaments, Y. torryi has abundant curly filaments on the leaf margins. Y. torreyi occurs in northeast Mexico and the states of Texas and New Mexico and is very cold hardy, down to -15° C.

Like all yucca's they like sun and a well drained soil, in wet climates it is better to remove the panicle after a few weeks, as the flowers fall down in the crown and start rotting. The yucca is most vulnerable after flowering as the stalk leaves a hole through which rain water enters the hart which could lead to rot. When the old flower stalk has rotted away, it is better to seal the hole with cement; the new growing spears will push it aside

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Authors Drs C.N. Klijn and R.H. Smeets from Tropical Centre have studied yuccas in the wild and also then thousands of import yucca plants from everywhere in Mexico and the USA. Learn more about yuccas and our yucca background through the website buttons about us, photo albums and newsletters. If you mention us, as the source you may use our descriptions and pictures.