Yucca Do Introductions

Crystal bowl agave! We originally made this selection of Agave montana in 1997 on one of our trips to Mexico. We have grown it for many years and have been impressed with it all along. But it offsets slowly, making it im... More

In the late 1990's when John Fairey and I were making regular treks into Mexico, I spotted this heavily armed selection in a huge colony of Agave gentryi. It made a treacherous groundcover under the o... More

A very fine selection! We chose this selection from a block containing hundreds of seedlings at Mountain States Wholesale Nursery in Phoenix, Arizona, because of its perfect form and jagged teeth. Luckily it offsets more th... More

Mr Ripple! If you want a plant that stops traffic, this agave is for you. It has already stopped traffic once. While traveling from Cuidad Maiz to El Naranjo, Carl and I were conversing about plants when suddenl... More

Years ago when we were traveling through the state of Hidalgo, Mexico we spotted this plant growing amongst low, spiny shrubs and cacti. The particular spot where we saw it was on a dangerous curve, i... More

Living Wire Agave! Agave striata comes in a multitude of forms. You can find plants in different habitats with few leaves, lots of leaves, rigid-erect leaves, weepy-flexible leaves, green colored leaves, silver colored ... More

XXX! Over a decade ago while traveling in northeastern Mexico we came across a population of Agave near the Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon border that appeared to be the result of a hybrid swarm. The population va... More

Unfolding box!

The outreaching and arching habit of this vigorous boxwood makes it an eye catching evergreen accent for the wild at heart. Unlike its conservative brothers which are rigid, this one is wild! The l... More

Natural hybrid! In 2001, we spotted this Canna growing along a small stream where the coastal plains meet the foothills to the high Sierras. We thought that we had found a new species. So, upon our return, we contact... More

Var. spinosissima ??? This possibly new variety of Dyckia encholirioides hales from the praias (beaches in Portuguese) near San Francisco do Sul in the state of Santa Catarina , Brazil. In general, these plants ha... More

Soda Straw Dyckia! This seedling spontaneously occurred amongst other plants in the nursery several years ago and, thanks to keen eyes, it was spotted and saved. It produces numerous thin, narrow leaves which are modera... More

Spider Witch! This Dyckia hybrid is one our selections from a batch of Dyckia choristaminae x seedlings. We selected it because we like the unruly, mounding rosette composed of a multitude of narrow, 8 in. long, ri... More

Chocolate Chip Manfreda! Over ten years ago Carl collected seed from some Manfreda undulata plants in Mexico. This particular population had very wavy leaves that were heavily spotted. From the original seed collected a few s... More

Pale-pink wood sorrel! A number of years ago, Jeff Adams shared with us a bulb of this pale pink form of Oxalis crassipes. It was instantly popular with the folks that saw it, but we only had a limited number of bulbs. Fo... More

Dyckia like Puya! This Puya originates from Southern Bolivia where it grows on steep rocky hillsides in dry Chaco habitat. The leaves of this species are much thicker and rigid than most other species of Puya that we ... More

Golden Light! In northeast Mexico, the mountain roadsides are covered with these small shrub-like perennials. In the low light of a winter's day the deep-yellow flowers fill the air with golden light. These flower ... More

Macho Mocha! A truly unbelievable plant that stops everyone in their tracks and begs for comment. It originated out of a batch of Manfreda vareigata seedlings that evidently had crossed with a soft leaf agave. The... More

Giant prairie lily! This is a tough and durable bulb with a regal and refined appearance. It produces large, pure white, fragrant flowers that are crisp and clean and a texture reminiscent of starched linens. The blue-gr... More

Lullabies and Lily Pies! This is the first selection of Zephyranthes La Bufa Rosa Group that we released. We were looking for compact plants that would flower at the same height and have wide over-lapping petals in a picotee ... More

Heart throb rain lily! This seedling selection of Z. La Bufa Rosa Group is one of the darkest pinks we have grown. The color is so dark that it verges on red, which is further intensified by a prominent white eye. The petal... More