# 1581. Yucca 'Elegantissima'
Photo by Benny Moeller Jensen Copyright © 2004-2005
Where did I get the plant from:
I have received the plant in 2001 from Patrik
Flank in Sweden, whom bought it from a Swedish nursery.
Short description:
Plant acaulescent with one or several rosettes, forming new
rosettes from short rhizomes or inside the old rosette which have flowered.
Leaves:
dark green, up to 53 cm long, 20 to 24 mm wide around the middle, many
curled fibers at the margin of the leaves. Inflorescence: glabrous,
paniculate, 145 cm high, with a few short branches up to 10 to 13 cm long,
the lowermost branches are held in an upright angle, while those further
up are almost held in a right angle, bending slightly upwards. Scape:
up to 85 cm cm held high above the leaves.
Flowers: star formed.
Fruit apple-green, has a smooth
surface, ? mm thick and ? mm long, and has a rounded (convex) back. Seeds:
not known at the time of writing.
Where do I grow the plant:
In a raised well drained bed.
Hardiness:
So far it has been very hardy, it does not show any damage after the
winters.
Notes:
This plant is one of Carl Sprenger's most
famous hybrids. Yucca filamentosa media
x Yucca gloriosa
Other notes:
In August 2004 I did cross pollinate the plant with pollen from one of my other Yuccas:
# 1581. Yucca 'Elegantissima' X #500 Yucca sp. Hybrid?
I also use the pollen to pollinated it with:
#500 Yucca sp. Hybrid? X # 1581. Yucca 'Elegantissima'
It will be very interesting to see the outcome of the new hybrids, but I do not expect flowers in the new hybrid until 2010 at the earliest!
More details of the Yucca hybrids made in 2003
and 2004.
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