Bathed in icy gray-green and powder-blue with a dusky-purple overlay, this handsome pastel-hued

treasure manifests a tough disposition. Rigid evergreen leaves with pointed tips and fine-toothed margins craft a rounded barrel-like rosette that develops slowly, its amethyst coloration intensifying as the weather heats up. Pendulous, waxy white flowers draped on stout panicles deliver late summer sparkle. Unfazed by meddlesome deer, drought, moisture and humidity, ‘Blue Boy’ can harmonize with Melianthus major and Festuca ‘Superba’.

Blooms July–August

Size: 4' 0" – 6' 0" high x 3' 0" wide.

Zone 7/8.

Considered one of the most attractive variegated Yuccas, this Japanese cultivar’s stiff spiky foliage comprises a mesmerizing close-set evergreen rosette. Achieving an added luster when long, curly white margin fibers seem to capture the moonlight, each spine-tipped leaf is etched by celadon green margins and a bold, creamy-gold central stripe, which becomes brighter in midsummer, but blushes with a rosy coloration most of the year. ‘Color Guard’s grand silhouette can stand alone, be juxtaposed with Plectranthus ‘Longwood Silver’s soft felted foliage or be planted en masse.

Blooms June–July

Size: 3' 0" – 6' 0" high x 3' 0" – 4' 0" wide.

Hardy to zone 5.

This cultivars stiff, spiky leaves comprise a closely set, evergreen rosette thats most effective planted en masse. Outlined in green and marked down the center with a bold, creamy gold stripe. the foliage flexes slightly and an added luster is achieved when long, silvery margin fibers seem to uniquely capture the moonlight! Strength is spotlighted when Garlands Gold is partnered with Plectranthus Longwood Silvers felted foliage.

Blooms July–August

Size: 5' 0" high x 3' 0" wide.

Zone 5/6.

A beguiling sculptural rosette of thin, pointed steel-blue blades, year-round good looks and exceptional hardiness is what this shrubby fine textured Yucca has to offer. Relatively short, flexible leaves forge a spectacular specimen well-suited for a container or the dry garden. Selected by Sean Hogan of Cistus Nursery from seed he collected in northern Mexico, it will eventually become an upright unbranched plant that prefers to bake in a hot sunny spot with alkaline soil, while protection from excessive cold-season moisture and wind help ensure a successful overwintering.

Blooms July–August

Size: 4' 0" high x 3' 0" wide.

Zone 5/6.