Beschorneria yuccoides

Beschorneria yuccoides
Mexican Lily

This plant from the Agave family is found in high altitude pine-oak forests in central and eastern Mexico to 3500 m (11500 ft.). It grows a large, suckering rosette of soft, arching, keeled, blue-green leaves to 10 cm (4 in.) wide. The reddish inflorescence has a lily-like appearance. B. yuccoides can be grown in a wide variety of climates though it does not like the tropics. It is quite cold hardy and can take severe freezes without damage.

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... are of high ornamental value
In Birmingham U.S.D.A. zone 8 in England they need little care and grow normal.
I bought my B.Yuccoides some 5 yrs. ago, for the simple reason that it was different to anything I'd seen before. The first thing I did, was to repot it into a straight half and half mix of soil based compost and gravel. For three years I grew it in the pot in full sun, giving it an occasional watering and feed with a general purpose fertilizer. The plant itself looked stunning the larger it grew, with a beautiful bloom on the leaves, it looks every inch a plant for the Mediterranean garden. A couple of years ago I planted it out in a west facing position (Full sun from midday on) in very well drained soil. In 2005 it flowered, putting up a huge 7 ft. tall flower spike. Sadly, the flowers failed to open fully and in fact they began to drop off. A great dissapointment. The plant has produced several suckers and I'm hoping to propagate and grow some on. B.Yuccoids is a great plant for the dry (xeric) garden, easy to grow and look after and not troubled by any pests. Pity about the flowering though and it can look a bit tatty after flowering.
Submitted on 27/06/2006 by Mike Westwood bhutia2006@hotmail.co.uk


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