Yucca arkansana (BMJ #454A, #454B, #454C)

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#454C Yucca arkansana Oklahoma Beckam Co. DJF1316
July 2003.
Copyright 2003-2005 Benny Møller Jensen
Plants from this location may be intermediates of Yucca glauca and Yucca arkansana?

I have 3 clones of this one:

#454A Yucca arkansana, grown in a pot which is in a protected frame during the winter.
#454B Yucca arkansana, grown in a pot which is in a protected frame during the winter.
#454C Yucca arkansana, planted in a raised well drained bed which is protected against winter moisture

#454A Yucca arkansana.
©2000-2005 Benny Møller Jensen

Where did I get the plant from:
I got the seeds to this plant from Mesa Garden, the seeds were collected in Beckam Co. Oklahoma  by David J. Ferguson DJF1316, The seeds were sown in 1992. I did received the seed as Yucca glauca var. arkansana

Short description of the plant:
This plant has many fibers in the lower part of the leaves, and a few at the end of the leaves, white edge, 8 mm wide.
More added later!

Where do I grow the plant:
grown in a large pot that are outside in the summer and kept inside the unheated greenhouse from October to May.

Hardiness:
I have only tried it in in a pot so far.

Other notes:
Plants from this location may be intermediates of Yucca glauca and Yucca arkansana?

Where did I get the plant from:
I got the seeds to this plant from Mesa Garden, the seeds were collected in Beckam Co. Oklahoma  by David J. Ferguson DJF1316, The seeds were sown in 1992. I did received the seed as Yucca glauca var. arkansana

Short description of the plant:
This plant has many fibers in the lower part of the leaves, and a few at the end of the leaves, white edge, 10 mm wide
More added later!

Where do I grow the plant:
Grown in a large pot that are outside in the summer and kept inside the unheated greenhouse from October to May.

Hardiness:
I have only tried it in in a pot so far.

Other notes:
Plants from this location may be intermediates of Yucca glauca and Yucca arkansana?

Where did I get the plant from:
I got the seeds to this plant from Mesa Garden, the seeds were collected in Beckam Co. Oklahoma  by David J. Ferguson DJF1316, The seeds were sown in 1992. I did received the seed as Yucca glauca var. arkansana

Short description of the plant:
Plant: acaulescent   Leaves: 70 cm long 11 mm wide, many fibers in the lower part of the leaves, and a few at the end of the leaves, white edge. Inflorescence: glabrous, racemose, 90 cm tall, Scape 30 cm. Flowers: pendulous (bell shaped) greenish white, 3,5 to 5 cm in a short narrow panicle Fruit 25 mm thick and 48 mm long (this may not be a typical fruit, but was the only one on the plant in the summer of 2003!)

Where do I grow the plant:
It's grown in a raised bed that are protected against winter moisture from October to May. , .

Hardiness:
I have only tried it in a bed which is protected from winter moisture from late October to late April.

Other notes:
Plants from this location may be intermediates of Yucca glauca and Yucca arkansana?

In the summer of 2003 I tried to pollinate the flowers with pollen from another Yucca species:
#454C Yucca arkansana (stiff narrow leaded form) X #1465A Yucca filamentosa, 3 flowers pollinated, =  1 fruit (2 aborted)

I also used the pollen from this plant to pollinate the following:

#1465A Yucca filamentosa X #454C Yucca arkansana (stiff narrow leaded form), 5 flowers pollinated, = 1 fruit (4 aborted)

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Fruits on #454C Yucca arkansana.
©2003-2005 Benny Møller Jensen

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.