# 1581. Yucca 'Elegantissima'
Sprenger hybrid Yucca filamentosa media x Yucca gloriosa

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# 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.



Photos:

The fruit of # 1581 Yucca 'Elegantissima'



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