Rancho Tissue Technologies Adds New Varieties to Its Yucca Collection
Rancho Tissue Technologies has announced the expansion of its tissue-cultured Yucca lineup to a total of 10 varieties.
“We are excited to be offering these unique and colorful yuccas to the industry,” says Heather Hunter May, founder and owner of Rancho Tissue. “All are produced in our state-of-the-art tissue culture lab to ensure true-to-type coloration, consistent form, and disease-free planting stock.”
Highlights of the collection include:
Yucca rostrata ‘Rancho Blue’
Yucca rostrata ‘Rancho Blue’. | Rancho Tissue Technologies
Yucca rostrata ‘Rancho Blue’ is an exclusive Rancho Tissue selection chosen for its powder-blue foliage, even more intense than traditional rostrata forms. With a compact habit in youth and a statuesque silhouette as it matures, it develops into a single-trunked specimen reaching 12–15 feet tall, topped by a dense, symmetrical crown of slightly stiff blue leaves with light yellow margins. Its refined structure, color, and cold-hardiness make it a great choice for architectural planting, modern landscapes, and xeriscape design. It’s cold-hardy to 10°F once established, provided the soil is well-drained.
Yucca rostrata ‘Sapphire Skies’
Yucca rostrata ‘Sapphire Skies’. | Rancho Tissue Technologies
Yucca rostrata ‘Sapphire Skies’ is a refined selection of one of the most elegant trunk-forming yuccas. This cultivar was chosen for its consistently powdery blue-gray foliage, which radiates from a tight central rosette atop a slender trunk that slowly develops over time. Each leaf is narrow and finely tapered, giving the plant an architectural appearance. Unlike some Yuccas, ‘Sapphire Skies’ has a softer presence — ideal for design-focused xeriscapes, modern gardens, or container planting. With age, it forms a single trunk 10-15 feet tall, eventually producing creamy white flowers on tall spikes in early summer. It’s cold-hardy to 10°F once established, provided the soil is well-drained.
Yucca pallida ‘Blue Powder’
Yucca pallida ‘Blue Powder’. | Rancho Tissue Technologies
Yucca pallida ‘Blue Powder’ is a deer-resistant selection that makes a great garden plant, forming short 20-inch-tall by 30-inch-wide single rosettes. The wide and slightly twisted powder-blue leaves with very pale yellow edging are somewhat stiff but not as stiff as Yucca torreyi. When mature, its clumps are topped with 3-foot tall spikes holding white bell-shaped flowers — a hummingbird favorite. It’s cold-hardy to 0°F once established, provided the soil is well-drained.
To view the complete collection of yucca from Rancho Tissue Technologies, please click here.
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