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| Category: Succulent |
| Family: Agavaceae (now Asparagaceae) |
| Origin: Mexico (North America) |
| Evergreen: Yes |
| Flower Color: Red |
| Bloomtime: Infrequent |
| Parentage: (B. yuccoides ssp. dekosteriana x B. septentrionalis) |
| Height: 3-4 feet |
| Width: 2-3 feet |
| Exposure: Full Sun |
| Irrigation (H2O Info): Low Water Needs |
| Winter Hardiness: 10-15° F |
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Beschorneria 'Ding Dong' - A large growing Beschorneria that forms a thick rosette to 3 feet wide with green sandpaper-textured leaves. When the plant matures, the flower stalk, likened to a 7 foot tall asparagus shoot, emerges. The stalk ages to a bright red as the red side branches form, bearing bell-shaped red and green flowers that last for several weeks. This plant was a selection made by Tony Avent from plants resulting from a cross between Beschorneria yuccoides ssp. dekosteriana and Beschorneria septentrionalis made in the mid 1990's by Bay area horticulturist Martin Grantham. This plant is larger and hardier than the more common Beschorneria yuccoides and evergreen to 10-15° F. Image courtesy of Tony Avent.
The information about Beschorneria 'Ding Dong' that is displayed on this web page is based on research conducted in our nursery's horticultural library and from reliable online resources. We will also include observations made about this plant as it grows in our nursery gardens and other gardens that we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We also incorporate comments that we receive from others and welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they share cultural information that aids others growing this plant.
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