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  • BESCHORNERIA
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    BESCHORNERIA

    A yucca-like exotic for a warm spot with super-sharp drainage.

    Genus of about 7 species of clump-forming, rosette-leaved succulents from semi-arid areas of Mexico.

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    • Good to know
      Grown as specimen plants.
    • Evergreen
      Arching, often glaucous, lance-shaped leaves with fleshy keels and very fine marginal teeth.
    • Medium shrub
      Typically grow to around 4-6 feet in height
    • Succulent
      Perennial succulents. Slightly arching panicles of pendent, tubular flowers in late spring, early summer.
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    Varieties

    BESCHORNERIA calicole
    Compact habit. Red and green flowers
     
    2 Litre
    £17.50
    BESCHORNERIA septentrionalis
    Strap-shaped leaves and 5-6 feet tall red stemmed flower spikes with fuchsia-pink tubular flowers
     
    2 Litre
    £17.50
    Available again from summer 2025
    Could be any time, June through to end August. This is not a guaranteed date but an estimate and subject to availability.
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    BESCHORNERIA yuccoides
    Rare but hardy yucca-like plant with bluish green leaves and drooping racemes of bright green and coral-red flowers on tall stems
     
    2 Litre
    £17.50
    Large
    £40.00
    Estimated availability autumn 2025 Any time SEPT-DEC
    Not yet confirmed. Could be any time between September and December.
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    Useful extras...

    Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
    Creates a mini-meadow for attracting bees, butterflies and bugs to your garden. 200g sachet which will cover 3 square metres. Contains Rootgrow™ mycorrhizal fungi.
    3m²
    £7.00
    10m²
    £15.50
    Fertilisers & Feeds - Vitax
    Improves vegetable, fruit and flower quality. Blood, Fish and Bone contains three major nutrients essential for strong and healthy growth.
    1.5 kg
    £6.50
    Fertilisers & Feeds - Vitax
    A useful fertiliser suitable for use on a wide variety of plants. Q4 provides all the nutrients and trace elements essential for vigorous growth, abundant flowering and ripening of fruit.
    0.9 kg
    £6.00
    Unavailable
    2.5 kg
    £13.00
    Unavailable
    4.5 kg
    £25.00
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