Mexican Blue Yucca Yucca Frost tender and won’t handle

Frost tender and won’t handle wind

Evergreen and self-fertile although they will benefit from being planted near another rabbiteye variety

Fresh batch of this ever-popular double-flower Gardenia

The young leaves are pickled or cooked and eaten as a vegetable by the highlanders of Papua New Guinea

A global favourite often seen worn in the hair throughout the Pacific and other tropical regions

Mexican Blue Yucca Yucca Frost tender and won’t handleYucca rigida is not often seen in NZ, despite its striking appearance and ability to tolerate a wide range of conditions. It is a robust, cold tolerant yucca, native to Mexico, forming a single trunk topped with beautiful light blue, stiff, sharp leaves with a yellow margin. Think of a light blue version of NZ's Giant Spaniard but which eventually forms a trunk. These hardy plants are well suited to sandy soil or a gravel garden. Yucca rigida is