In the early winter I divided mine into 6 pieces here in zone 7 Virginia. 3 root tubers with leaves attached left into the ground, and 3 tubers with no leaves into pots. They don’t look so good now. I’m glad other comments say they come back okay. (Not the same variety as Jim’s though) . I had to use a saw. No videos on dividing Yucca’s out there.
Well darn. Everything I read suggested my Color Guard yuccas wouldn't like the Piedmont soil, so I left them in Michigan. Loved, loved, loved those plants. As you said, anybody can grow them and they look great all year long. Wish I'd seen this before selling my Michigan house last week. The new owner doesn't want me digging up any plants -- not that I would in winter in Zone 6.
I started out with 3 of these and they quickly outgrew the area, so I moved them to the very back of my lot. If you don’t get all of the roots, they are very persistent and keep coming back. I keep digging the small plants and moving them and they still come back! Be careful where you plant this!
I have one in my front bed, close to the steps so it's getting big enough to graze ankles, and it has two smaller Yucca sprouting nearby. I'd like to move it to a container.
100% agree. Plant it where you want it to live forever. I’ve found it impossible to dig all the roots out, so it grows back. It is beautiful though and great in the right spot!
I usually tie my leaves together in the winter here in Niagara Falls, as heavy snow load tends to flatten them. Thanks for sharing more info about them.
Here in Michigan my neighbors yucca patch, Im guessing variety is Adam’s needle. The large green ones, the leaves are curled into like a cylinder with the point on the end. 😂 When it’s really cold like it’s been that what they do. they look so out of place and sad but there practically unkillable. They do need thinning every couple years by just breaking the plant at the base where it pups, otherwise the patch gets too thick and crowded and looks bad
Probably the showiest yucca I’ve ever seen!
Thank you for showing us this! Happy to see this will work where I live ❤
I absolutely love mine. So stunning 😍
In the early winter I divided mine into 6 pieces here in zone 7 Virginia. 3 root tubers with leaves attached left into the ground, and 3 tubers with no leaves into pots. They don’t look so good now. I’m glad other comments say they come back okay. (Not the same variety as Jim’s though) . I had to use a saw.
No videos on dividing Yucca’s out there.
Well darn. Everything I read suggested my Color Guard yuccas wouldn't like the Piedmont soil, so I left them in Michigan. Loved, loved, loved those plants. As you said, anybody can grow them and they look great all year long. Wish I'd seen this before selling my Michigan house last week. The new owner doesn't want me digging up any plants -- not that I would in winter in Zone 6.
Surprisingly one of our rabbit's favorite snacks. Still it keeps popping back up every spring.
I started out with 3 of these and they quickly outgrew the area, so I moved them to the very back of my lot. If you don’t get all of the roots, they are very persistent and keep coming back. I keep digging the small plants and moving them and they still come back! Be careful where you plant this!
I have one in my front bed, close to the steps so it's getting big enough to graze ankles, and it has two smaller Yucca sprouting nearby. I'd like to move it to a container.
100% agree. Plant it where you want it to live forever. I’ve found it impossible to dig all the roots out, so it grows back. It is beautiful though and great in the right spot!
I love this plant ❤ I have it in my native plant glade garden
I usually tie my leaves together in the winter here in Niagara Falls, as heavy snow load tends to flatten them. Thanks for sharing more info about them.
great tip!
Great balance there! I would have fallen into that pretty Yucca. 😂😮
Another name for it is Spanish Dagger and that certainly fits it
Here in Michigan my neighbors yucca patch, Im guessing variety is Adam’s needle. The large green ones, the leaves are curled into like a cylinder with the point on the end. 😂 When it’s really cold like it’s been that what they do. they look so out of place and sad but there practically unkillable. They do need thinning every couple years by just breaking the plant at the base where it pups, otherwise the patch gets too thick and crowded and looks bad
Would you be able to create a video? I may be just a few low growing hostels and grasses some that like sun and some like shade.
You said you sling organic fertilizer over the area. What do you use?
So what are you waiting for? Even you can grow Color Guard Yucca filamentosa!
Propagation?