Natural occurring Yucca hybrids: "Wild" Yuccas interbreeds with cultivated Yucca: Man made Yucca hybrids: How to pollinate Yucca flowers by hand: Some of the hybrids that I grow here in Northern Denmark: Hybrids from gardens, not man made: Jensen hybrids 2003. Jensen hybrids 2004. Jensen hybrids 2008. Sprenger hybrids made in early 20th. Century.

Fruits on Yucca glauca (BMJ #1461) Photo from August 18th 2003. Copyright ©2003-2008 Benny Moeller Jensen

If you cultivate any Yucca hybrids in your garden I would very much like to see photos of them, and if possible get permission to use them on my web pages. You will of course keep the copyright on the photos, and they will not be used commercially.

On the list the seed parent is always first, and the pollen parent last.

Yucca aloifolia x arkansana, made by Demeter Janakidisz, from Botanical Garden in Budapest, Hungary.
Yucca aloifolia x baileyi, made by Demeter Janakidisz, from Botanical Garden in Budapest, Hungary.
Yucca aloifolia x  filamentosa, made by Demeter Janakidisz, from Botanical Garden in Budapest, Hungary.
Yucca aloifolia x elata, made by Demeter Janakidisz, from Botanical Garden in Budapest, Hungary.
Yucca aloifolia x glauca ssp. stricta, made by Demeter Janakidisz, from Botanical Garden in Budapest, Hungary.
Yucca aloifolia x recurvifolia, made by Demeter Janakidisz, from Botanical Garden in Budapest, Hungary.
Yucca aloifolia 'Variegata' x rostrata forma. viridis . Made by Alexander Heim, Germany (in a garden in Greece) in 2008.
Yucca (aloifolia x stricta Demeter Janakidisz) x baccata, made by Ferenc Kurilla, Hungary.
Yucca (aloifolia x strictaDemeter Janakidisz) x arkansana, made by Ferenc Kurilla, Hungary.
Yucca angustissima x arkansana, made by Demeter Janakidisz, from Botanical Garden in Budapest, Hungary.
Yucca angustissima x recurvifolia. Made by Michael Bechtold.
Yucca angustissima ssp. kanabensis x Yucca "Jensen Hybrid" #1823. (Pollen from Steen Stjerne, Denmark). Made by Benny M. Jensen, Denmark, in 2008, BMJ # 2086.
Yucca angustissima ssp. kanabensis x Yucca filamentosa (Pollen from Steen Stjerne, Denmark). Made by Benny M. Jensen, Denmark, in 2008, BMJ # 2087.
Yucca arkansana x angustissima, made by Demeter Janakidisz, from Botanical Garden in Budapest, Hungary.
Yucca arkansana (media leafed form) x Yucca 'Elegantissima'. Made by Benny M. Jensen, Denmark, in 2008, BMJ # 2114.
Yucca arkansana x Yucca flaccida 'Ivory', made by Patrik Flank, Sweden in 2008.
Yucca baileyi x gloriosa, made by Demeter Janakidisz, from Botanical Garden in Budapest, Hungary.
Yucca baileyi x recurvifolia, made by Demeter Janakidisz, from Botanical Garden in Budapest, Hungary.
Yucca baileyi x stricta, made by Demeter Janakidisz, from Botanical Garden in Budapest, Hungary.
Yucca aff. baileyi (fh 1178.9) x Yucca thompsoniana, Made by Michael Bechtold in 2008.
Yucca 'Bright Edge' x Yucca elata (Pollen from Ruud Wouterson, The Netherlands). Made by Benny M. Jensen, Denmark, in 2008, BMJ # 2094, #2095.
Yucca 'Bright Edge' x 'Elegantissima', made by Patrik Flank, Sweden in 2007.
Yucca 'Bright Edge' x  filamentosa, made by  Benny M. Jensen, Denmark in 2003, BMJ #1813.
Yucca 'Bright Edge' x glauca, made by  Benny M. Jensen, Denmark in 2003, BMJ #1805
Yucca 'Bright Edge' x glauca, made by  Benny M. Jensen, Denmark in 2003, BMJ #1806, #1807, #1808, #1809, #1810, #1811, #1812.
Yucca 'Bright Edge' x glauca, made by Patrik Flank, Sweden in 2007.
Yucca 'Bright Edge' x 'Ivory', made by Patrik Flank, Sweden in 2007.
Yucca 'Bright Edge' x Yucca 'Karlsruhensis type 2'. Made by Benny M. Jensen, Denmark, in 2008, BMJ # 2096, #2097.
Yucca 'Bright Edge' x louisianensis, Made in 2008 by Michael Bechtold in 2008. (MB 2008.40)
Yucca 'Bright Edge' x Yucca rostrata (Pollen from Ruud Wouterson, The Netherlands). Made by Benny M. Jensen, Denmark, in 2008, BMJ # 2098.
Yucca 'Bright Edge' x thompsoniana. made by Sascha Svatek, Germany in 2006.
Yucca constricta x filamentosa, made by Robert Pitman, Idaho, USA in 2000.
Yucca (constricta x filamentosa) x Yucca 'Filata', made by Tim Behan, USA in 2006.
Yucca elata x filamentosa (pollen and seed parent  in Mogens Madsen garden). Made by  Benny M. Jensen, Denmark in 2004. BMJ # 2016, # 2017, # 2018.
Yucca 'Elegantissima' x Yucca sp. [gloriosa forma robusta] "Hæstrupvej". Made by Benny M. Jensen, Denmark, in 2008, BMJ # 2102, #2103.
Yucca endlichiana x flaccida complex, made by Michael Bechtold.
Yucca faxoniana x linearifolia made by Sascha Weissbeck and Thomas Beouf, Germany, 2008.
Yucca filamentosa x Yucca angustissima ssp. kanabensis. Made by Benny M. Jensen, Denmark, in 2008, BMJ # 2089.
Yucca filamentosa x arkansana, Made by  Benny M. Jensen, Denmark in 2003, BMJ #1823.
Yucca filamentosa x elata, (Yucca 'Filata') made by Fritz Hochstätter in 1999, fh 1180.88.
Yucca filamentosa x elata (pollen from a plant in Inger & Mogens Madsen's garden), Made by  Benny M. Jensen, Denmark in 2004. BMJ # 2012
Yucca filamentosa x elata (pollen and seed parent  in Mogens Madsen garden). Made by  Benny M. Jensen, Denmark in 2004. BMJ  # 2013, # 2014, # 2015.
Yucca filamentosa x 'Filata', made by Tim Behan, USA in 2006.
Yucca filamentosa x glauca, Made by  Benny M. Jensen, Denmark in2003, BMJ #1821, #1822 , #1824, #1825.
Yucca filamentosa x glauca, Made by  Benny M. Jensen, Denmark in 2003, BMJ #1826, #1827.
Yucca filamentosa x glauca (pollen from a plant in Gurli & Christian Lorentsen's garden), Made by  Benny M. Jensen, Denmark in 2004. BMJ # 2009, # 2010, # 2011.
Yucca filamentosa x Yucca flaccida. Made by Benny M. Jensen, Denmark, in 2008, BMJ # 2090.
Yucca filamentosa x Yucca rostrata (Pollen from Ruud Wouterson, The Netherlands). Made by Benny M. Jensen, Denmark, in 2008, BMJ # 2091, #2092, # 2093.
Yucca filamentosa x thompsoniana, Made by Wim van den Berg, The Netherlands in 2008.
Yucca filamentosa x "Jensen hybrid #1823 (filamentosa garden form x Yucca arkansana, narrow leafed form). Made by Steen Stjerne, Denmark, in 2008.
Yucca filamentosa "Pocono Mts." x louisianensis, Made by Michael Bechtold in 2008.
Yucca filamentosa 'Rosemarie' x louisianensis, Made by Michael Bechtold in 2008.
Yucca filamentosa "Tennessee form" x 'Filata', made by Tim Behan, USA in 2006.
Yucca filamentosa [concava?] x floribunda, Made by Mark van Zwet, The Netherlands. van Zwet hybrid #53
Yucca filamentosa [concava?] x gloriosa f. nobilis, Made by Mark van Zwet, The Netherlands. van Zwet hybrid #54
Yucca filamentosa [concava?] x flaccida hybrid? (Tennessee form), Made by Mark van Zwet, The Netherlands. van Zwet hybrid #55
Yucca filamentosa [concava?] x Yucca 'Filata', Made by Mark van Zwet, The Netherlands.  van Zwet hybrid #56.
Yucca filamentosa ssp. concava × glauca ssp. stricta, filamentosa?, made by Demeter Janakidisz, from Botanical Garden in Budapest, Hungary.
Yucca filamentosa ? (very small flowers) x Yucca angustissima ssp. kanabensis. Made by Benny M. Jensen, Denmark, in 2008, BMJ # 2099.
Yucca filamentosa ? (very small flowers) x Yucca elata (Pollen from Ruud Wouterson, The Netherlands). Made by Benny M. Jensen, Denmark, 2008, BMJ # 2100, #2101.
Yucca flaccida 'Ivory' x Yucca arkansana, made by Patrik Flank, Sweden in 2008.
Yucca flaccida x elata (pollen from a plant in Inger & Mogens Madsen's garden). Made by  Benny M. Jensen, Denmark in 2004. BMJ # 2002
Yucca flaccida x 'Filata', made by Tim Behan, USA in 2006.
Yucca flaccida x glauca (pollen from a plant in Gurli & Christian Lorentsen's garden), Made by  Benny M. Jensen, Denmark in 2004. BMJ # 2003.
Yucca flaccida x glauca, Made by  Benny M. Jensen, Denmark in 2003, BMJ #1780, #1781, #1782, #1783, #1784, #1785, #1786, #1787, #1788, #1789.
Yucca flaccida x glauca ssp. stricta ?, made by Ferenc Kurilla, Hungary.
Yucca flaccida x 'Ivory', Made by  Benny M. Jensen, Denmark in 2003, BMJ #1790, #1791
Yucca flaccida (BMJ 49) x Yucca flaccida 'Ivory', made by Patrik Flank, Sweden in 2008.
Yucca flaccida x pallida, Maybe Fritz Hochstätter 2007?
Yucca filamentosa-flaccida x reverchoni made by Thomas Bolliger, Switzerland.
Yucca flaccida (BMJ 49) x hybrid #500, made by Patrik Flank, Sweden in 2008.
Yucca flaccida x Yucca hybrid #1402 [big "blue" form of Y. filamentosa ?], Made by  Benny M. Jensen, Denmark in 2003, BMJ #1804.
Yucca flaccida [forma glaucescens] x Yucca sp. [gloriosa forma robusta] "Hæstrupvej". Made by Benny M. Jensen, Denmark, in 2008, BMJ # 2105.
Yucca flaccida [forma glaucescens] x Yucca angustissima ssp. kanabensis. Made by Benny M. Jensen, Denmark, in 2008, BMJ # 2106.
Yucca flaccida [forma glaucescens] x Yucca elata (Pollen from Ruud Wouterson, The Netherlands). Made by Benny M. Jensen, Denmark, in 2008, BMJ # 2107, # 2108, #2109
Yucca flaccida [forma glaucescens] x Yucca filamentosa (red flower stalk and buds). Made by Benny M. Jensen, Denmark, in 2008, BMJ # 2108
Yucca flaccida [forma glaucescens] x Yucca rostrata (Pollen from Ruud Wouterson, The Netherlands). Made by Benny M. Jensen, Denmark, in 2008, BMJ # 2110, # 2111.
Yucca glauca x filamentosa, Made by  Benny M. Jensen, Denmark in 2003, BMJ #1820.
Yucca glauca x flaccida, Made by  Benny M. Jensen, Denmark in 2003, BMJ #1819.
Yucca glauca x Yucca hybrid #1402 [big "blue" form of Y. filamentosa ?], Made by  Benny M. Jensen, Denmark in 2003, BMJ #1818, #1844
Yucca glauca ssp. stricta × recurvifolia, made by Demeter Janakidisz, from Botanical Garden in Budapest, Hungary.
Yucca glauca ssp. stricta × baccata, made by Demeter Janakidisz, from Botanical Garden in Budapest, Hungary.
Yucca glauca ssp. stricta x gloriosa Complex. made by Thomas Bolliger, Switzerland.
Yucca gloriosa forma robusta × elata, made by Ferenc Kurilla and Demeter Janakidisz  from Botanical Garden in Budapest, Hungary.
Yucca gloriosa forma nobilis x recurvifolia/gloriosa Virginia form?. Made by Mark van Zwet, The Netherlands. van Zwet hybrid #50.
Yucca gloriosa forma nobilis  x 'Floribunda'. Made by Mark van Zwet, The Netherlands. van Zwet hybrid #51.
Yucca gloriosa forma nobilis  x flaccida hybrid?. Made by Mark van Zwet, The Netherlands. van Zwet hybrid #52.
Yucca 'Golden Sword' x Yucca angustissima ssp. kanabensis. Made by Benny M. Jensen, Denmark, in 2008, BMJ # 2088.
Yucca 'Golden Sword' x Yucca louisianensis, Made by Michael Bechtold in 2008.
Yucca 'Ivory' x glauca, Made by  Benny M. Jensen, Denmark in 2003, BMJ #1828.
Yucca 'Karlsruhensis Type 2' x Yucca angustissima ssp. kanabensis. Made by Benny M. Jensen, Denmark, in 2008, BMJ # 2080, # 2081, #2082
Yucca 'Karlsruhensis Type 2' x elata (pollen from a plant in Inger & Mogens Madsen's garden). Made by  Benny M. Jensen, Denmark in 2004. BMJ # 2000, # 2001.
Yucca 'Karlsruhensis Type 2' x Yucca filamentosa (red flower-stalk and buds). BMJ #2112
Yucca 'Karlsruhensis Type 2' x Yucca rostrata (Pollen from Ruud Wouterson, The Netherlands). Made by Benny M. Jensen, Denmark, in 2008, BMJ # 2083, #2084
Yucca 'Karlsruhensis Type 2' x Yucca rostrata forma viridis (Pollen from Sascha Weissbeck, Germany). Made by Benny M. Jensen, Denmark, in 2008, BMJ # 2085.
Yucca 'Karlsruhensis Type 2' x Yucca sp. [gloriosa forma robusta] "Hæstrupvej". Made by Benny M. Jensen, Denmark, in 2008, BMJ # 2078.
Yucca 'Karlsruhensis Type 2' x hybrid #500, Made by  Benny M. Jensen, Denmark in 2004. BMJ # 1999.
Yucca 'Karlsruhensis Type 2' x Yucca "Jensen Hybrid"  #1823 (Pollen from Steen Stjerne, Denmark). Made by Benny M. Jensen, Denmark, in 2008, BMJ # 2079.
Yucca linearifolia x faxoniana Sascha Weissbeck, Germany, 2008, fruits not mature at the time of writing (July 14th. 2008), but looking very good..
Yucca louisianensis x filamentosa, Made by Michael Bechtold in 2003.
Yucca louisianensis x filamentosa 'Rosemarie', Made by Michael Bechtold in 2008.
Yucca (recurvifolia x flaccida(old Hungarian hybrid)) x stricta, made by Ferenc Kurilla, Hungary.
Yucca recurvifolia "Tennessee form" x 'Filata', made by Tim Behan, USA in 2006
Yucca reverchoni x gloriosa complex made by Thomas Bolliger, Switzerland.
Yucca thompsoniana x recurvifolia, (Yucca 'Thompsonifolia') made by Fritz Hochstätter in 2002.
Yucca hybrid #500 x elata (pollen from a plant in Inger & Mogens Madsen's garden), Made by  Benny M. Jensen, Denmark in 2004. BMJ # 2004, # 2005.
Yucca hybrid #500 x 'Elegantissima', Made by  Benny M. Jensen, Denmark in 2004. BMJ # ----
Yucca hybrid #500 x filamentosa, Made by  Benny M. Jensen, Denmark in 2003, BMJ #1792, #1793
Yucca hybrid #500 x glauca, Made by  Benny M. Jensen, Denmark in 2003,#1794, #1795, #1796, #1797, #1798, #1799, #1800, #1801, #1802, #1803.
Yucca hybrid #500 x glauca (pollen from a plant in Gurli & Christian Lorentsen's garden), Made by  Benny M. Jensen, Denmark in 2004. BMJ # 2006, # 2007, # 2008.
Yucca hybrid #1402 [big "blue" form of Y. filamentosa ?] x filamentosa, Made by  Benny M. Jensen, Denmark in 2003, BMJ #1840, #1841
Yucca hybrid #1402 [big "blue" form of Y. filamentosa ?] x glauca, Made by  Benny M. Jensen, Denmark in 2003, BMJ #1814, #1815, #1816, #1817, #1842, #1843.
Yucca hybrid #1402 [big "blue" form of Y. filamentosa ?] x Yucca hybrid #500. Made by Benny M. Jensen, Denmark, in 2008, BMJ # 2154.
Yucca hybrid #1402 [big "blue" form of Y. filamentosa ?] x Yucca 'Karlsruhensis type 2'. Made by Benny M. Jensen, Denmark, in 2008, BMJ # 2153.
Yucca "Jensen hybrid" #1813 x "Jensen hybrid #1823. Made by Steen Stjerne, Denmark, in 2008.
Yucca "Jensen hybrid" #1813 x angustissima ssp. kanabensis (Pollen from Benny M. Jensen, Denmark). Made by Steen Stjerne, Denmark, in 2008.
Yucca "Jensen hybrid" #1813 x filamentosa garden form. Made by Steen Stjerne, Denmark, in 2008.
Yucca "Jensen hybrid #1823 x angustissima ssp. kanabensis (Pollen from Benny M. Jensen, Denmark). Made by Steen Stjerne, Denmark, in 2008.
Yucca "Jensen hybrid #1823 x "Jensen hybrid" #1813. Made by Steen Stjerne, Denmark, in 2008.
Yucca sp. [gloriosa forma robusta] "Hæstrupvej" x Yucca "Jensen Hybrid" #1823  (Pollen from Steen Stjerne, Denmark). Made by Benny M. Jensen, Denmark, in 2008, BMJ # 2115, # 2116.
Yucca sp. [gloriosa forma robusta] "Hæstrupvej" x Yucca hybrid #500. Made by Benny M. Jensen, Denmark, in 2008, BMJ # 2117, # 2118, # 2152.
Yucca sp. [gloriosa forma robusta] "Hæstrupvej" x Yucca arkansana (media leafed form). Made by Benny M. Jensen, Denmark, in 2008, BMJ # 2119, # 2120.
Yucca sp. [gloriosa forma robusta] "Hæstrupvej" x Yucca 'Bright Edge'. Made by Benny M. Jensen, Denmark, in 22008 BMJ # 2121.
Yucca sp. [gloriosa forma robusta] "Hæstrupvej" x Yucca elata (Pollen from Ruud Wouterson, The Netherlands). Made by Benny M. Jensen, Denmark, in 2008, BMJ # 2122, # 2123
Yucca sp. [gloriosa forma robusta] "Hæstrupvej" x Yucca 'Elegantissima'. Made by Benny M. Jensen, Denmark, in 2008, BMJ # 2124, # 2125. # 2126.
Yucca sp. [gloriosa forma robusta] "Hæstrupvej" x Yucca filamentosa (Franklin Co., North Carolina). Made by Benny M. Jensen, Denmark, in 2008, BMJ # 2127, # 2128.
Yucca sp. [gloriosa forma robusta] "Hæstrupvej" x Yucca filamentosa (garden form). Made by Benny M. Jensen, Denmark, in 2008, BMJ # 2129.
Yucca sp. [gloriosa forma robusta] "Hæstrupvej" x Yucca filamentosa ? Concordia, Kansas, fh 1178.54. Made by Benny M. Jensen, Denmark, in 2008, BMJ # 2134, # 2135, # 2136.
Yucca sp. [gloriosa forma robusta] "Hæstrupvej" x Yucca filamentosa ? (very small flowers). Made by Benny M. Jensen, Denmark, in 2008, BMJ # 2137.
Yucca sp. [gloriosa forma robusta] "Hæstrupvej" x Yucca 'Filata' (pollen from Tim Behan, U.S.A.). Made by Benny M. Jensen, Denmark, in 2008, BMJ # 2138.
Yucca sp. [gloriosa forma robusta] "Hæstrupvej" x Yucca flaccida. Made by Benny M. Jensen, Denmark, in 2008, BMJ # 2139, # 2140.
Yucca sp. [gloriosa forma robusta] "Hæstrupvej" x Yucca flaccida [forma glaucescens]. Made by Benny M. Jensen, Denmark, in 2008, BMJ # 2141, # 2142.
Yucca sp. [gloriosa forma robusta] "Hæstrupvej" x Yucca 'Golden Sword'. Made by Benny M. Jensen, Denmark, in 2008, BMJ # 2143, #2144.
Yucca sp. [gloriosa forma robusta] "Hæstrupvej" x Yucca 'Karlsruhensis type 2'. Made by Benny M. Jensen, Denmark, in 2008, BMJ # 2145, # 2146, # 2147, # 2148, # 2149.
Yucca sp. [gloriosa forma robusta] "Hæstrupvej" x Yucca rostrata (Pollen from Ruud Wouterson, The Netherlands). Made by Benny M. Jensen, Denmark, in 2008, BMJ # 2150, # 2151.
Yucca sp. [gloriosa forma robusta] "Hæstrupvej" x Yucca hybrid #1402 [big "blue" form of Y. filamentosa ?]. Made by Benny M. Jensen, Denmark, in 2008, BMJ # 2130, # 2131. # 2132, # 2133.

Hybrids which I do not know the parentage of:

Yucca flaccida "stem form", made by Dr. Lorek, Wuppertal, Germany in 2006.