May 14 2018
Yucca - home care
A houseplant called Yucca is very popular among gardeners. This evergreen beautiful flower looks noble both in a city apartment and in a reputable office; it is not a shame to give it as a gift. An adult plant evokes admiring glances and a desire to have such a flower at home. If you have this exotic, or are thinking about purchasing it, our article will help you with advice on how best to care for this southern belle. Let us immediately make a reservation that special knowledge and special requirements You don’t need to comfortably maintain and care for Yucca at home.
Yucca is indigenous to Central America and its arid regions. Visually, it is similar to a Palm tree, especially in its natural habitat, when the leaves from the lower tiers dry out and fall off, the trunk becomes lignified and only a bunch of hard leaves remains at the top. But this is not Palma.
There is some confusion regarding the classification of Yucca. At first, Yucca was classified as a member of the Liliaceae family, then to the Agave family, and now to the Asparagus family. Moreover, Yucca is now simultaneously on the list of representatives of both. In general, there is complete confusion. In addition to Palma, it is also often confused with other indoor flowers similar to Palma - Dracaena and Cordyline. Experienced florist he won't make a mistake, he will immediately see the difference. But for beginners, this similarity is a little confusing.
Large specimen of Yucca
In nature, Yucca grows as a fully or partially leafy large shrub from two to eight meters in height. Indoor views grow up to a meter or two. Its tree-like stem is topped with green or bluish dense leaves, sticking out in different directions or slightly drooping, pointed lanceolate or xiphoid in shape. The length of such a leaf can reach up to a meter, although indoor specimens have leaves no more than 50 cm in length. There are stemless species of Yucca, the crown of which consists of one or several rosettes.
Yucca blooms amazingly beautifully, throwing out powerful vertical peduncles, abundantly strewn with buds. Large flowers, up to 8 cm long, resemble cup-shaped bells. Flowers most often white, but in nature there are creamy-greenish, yellowish or pinkish tones. The fruits are of no interest; they look like dry boxes. True, some species have juicy edible fruits. But unfortunately, not every gardener gets to see Yucca blooming at home. It grows quite quickly. From a small plant it can turn into a large bush or tree in a few years. What should be done to make the plant feel “at home” and at the same time maintain its compact decorative form and acceptable dimensions for your room? Let's try to figure this out.
Types and varieties
There are over thirty different species of Yucca. They differ mainly in leaves and sizes. Some species have lanceolate leaves, while others have sword-shaped leaves. In addition, the edges of the leaf blades in some species are covered with long, stiff hairs, in others - with spines, and in others they are smooth. In addition to the usual green leaves, indoor varieties of Yucca have variegated leaves with bright white or yellow stripes. The most popular types: filamentous, ivory, gray, glorious and aloel.
At home, mainly two types are grown - ivory and aloe vera. Less often - filamentous and blue. We are sure that all types of this plant will decorate your home. Let's get to know them better.
Yucca elephantipes
It is named so because of the wide, massive base of the stem, which appears in Yucca in old age, which resembles the foot of an African elephant. This species of Yucca is very unpretentious to living conditions. It grows slowly. It is accustomed to the arid climate of a city apartment, is undemanding to the soil composition and does not take up much space in the room. In addition, other indoor flowers that are resistant to dry soil, for example, or, can be planted in a wide pot with Yucca. Against the background of Yucca, pots with, Spathiphyllum, and Benjamin ficus look great. or also decorate this floral arrangement.
In the south of Russia, in Crimea and the Caucasus, it grows in open ground and does not require shelter for the winter. In central Russia it is grown with shelter. Sometimes grown at home. This almost stemless plant grows as a shrub with beautiful bluish-green leaves, which have characteristic white or yellow stripes. The length of the leaves reaches 70 cm, width – up to 4 cm. The apex is pointed. The edges of the leaves are slightly drooping and contain numerous twisted white threads. Root system well developed. The peduncle is very large, rising above the rosette to a height of up to one meter. Yucca blooms with drooping yellowish-white flowers up to 8 cm in length.
This species is less common in indoor floriculture. It is more demanding in terms of content, it takes more space. It grows slowly, but over time, expanding, mature plant takes the shape of a ball with wide leathery leaves. IN summer time Yucca marginata is blooming. On an inflorescence up to 45 cm long, many bell-shaped flowers of a creamy white color with a light purple tint are formed.
Yucca glauca
This type of Yucca has a greatly shortened stem. It does not grow higher than two meters in height. The bluish-green leaves are collected in dense rosettes about 90 cm wide. They are leathery, fibrous, up to 60 cm in length. At the edges they are white or gray with flaking fibers. In summer it forms paniculate inflorescence up to one meter in height, on which many small creamy-white flowers with a greenish or brown tint appear.
Caring for Yucca at home
The presented types of Yucca will fit perfectly into the interior of your apartment, will green it, and will not require you to big casualties and time. Just follow the basic rules for growing it, which we will now introduce you to.
Lighting and location of the pot
Light-loving Yuccas are best placed on flower stands near eastern or western window sills in an apartment. The place should be sunny, well lit throughout the day - the growth, development and appearance of your flower will depend on this. For this reason, you should not place the pot on the floor - there will not be enough light. It is necessary that the stand for it be flush with the window sill.
If you place a pot with a flower near the southern windows, then at midday you will have to cover the Yucca from direct rays of the sun with light curtains or blinds so that its leaves do not get sunburned.
If the window sills in your apartment are wide and the Yucca bushes are still young, then you can easily keep them on the windowsill. Just make sure that in the summer the sun does not burn them, and in the winter the leaves do not touch the cold glass.
IN winter time the plant will miss natural light at any window. You will have to take care of this in advance and purchase a fluorescent lamp or phytolamp to turn it on if necessary at a distance of 50–60 cm from the flower in order to artificially extend the daylight hours for Yucca to 12 hours a day.
Ventilation of the room in autumn-winter is also necessary for the flower, but do not forget that drafts are contraindicated for it.
Temperature
The temperature of the flower should be kept around 22–26 degrees. The usual temperature of city apartments is quite suitable for it, in which the flower develops well and looks healthy. In winter, it is advisable to lower the temperature to 16–20 degrees. During the heating season, Yucca begins to suffer from hot air. Its leaves begin to stretch out, thin out, and turgor weakens. Try to reduce the temperature in the room by ventilation or using split systems. Cover batteries using improvised means. Avoid sudden temperature changes.
Sometimes the owner opens the windows for ventilation in winter and forgets to take Yucca out next room. A short time is enough to destroy the plant and then for a long time regret it. Lower temperature limit in winter period For indoor Yucca is 8 g. heat.
Humidity
Yucca does not require high humidity ambient air. The humidity of our city apartments suits it - 40–50%. If the humidity is even lower and the temperature is high, for example, during the heating season, we recommend spraying the surrounding air and the leaves of the flower with boiled or well-settled water at room temperature. Just make sure that the wet leaves of the flower are not exposed to sunlight through the window glass - the plant can get burned and lose its decorative appearance.
To keep the leaves clean and improve their respiration during the hot season, the crown should be wiped with a damp cloth. Flower with wet leaves You can’t put it in the sun - it will get burned. Therefore, it is advisable to carry out this procedure in the evening so that the crown dries out overnight.
Watering
There is no single rule for watering Yucca. The amount and frequency of watering depend on the time of year, humidity indoors or outdoors (depending on where the flower is located), the size of the flower and its pot. For example, a young plant, just bought in a store and transplanted into new pot, should be moistened a little almost every day, and an adult flower growing in a huge pot can be watered once every two to three weeks. Let's give general recommendations about this.
In summer, watering should be plentiful, but not frequent. Wait for it to dry top layer soil 4–7 cm deep, only then water again. Use only settled or boiled water at room temperature. If the air temperature is about 20–22 degrees, water no more than once a week. In autumn-winter, watering is reduced. One watering every 10–14 days may be sufficient. The cooler the air in the room becomes, the less often you should water the flower. If the temperature remains at 18 degrees for a long time, one watering every 3 weeks is sufficient.
It has been noticed that it is enough to pour 1 liter of water into a 5 liter pot. Yucca tolerates dry soil more easily than overwatering. At any time of the year, do not allow excess water to stagnate in the pan, so as not to provoke rotting of the Yucca root system. If the leaves appear brown spots, and they began to curl up - which means the roots began to rot due to waterlogging of the substrate. In addition, waterlogged soil often causes the plant to be attacked by all sorts of pests.
If the top layer of the substrate remains wet for several days after watering, the substrate may have become very hardened and does not allow water to pass to the roots inside the pot. In this case, you urgently need to loosen the soil with some available tool, or at least a fork.
Or perhaps the humidity level in your apartment has increased significantly. The soil began to dry more slowly. By maintaining the usual watering regime, you risk ruining the root system of the plant.
In hot weather, it is advisable to arrange a shower for Yucca. Wash its leaves well to remove dust, but make sure that water does not get on the substrate (cover the soil with polyethylene while bathing). After your shower, place the pot in a place where there are no drafts or direct sunlight. When the leaves are dry, you can take the flower to its place.
Fertilizers
Feeding Yucca is a necessary condition her successful cultivation from April to August. Foliar fertilizing with minerals has an advantage liquid formulations. Just dilute them with twice as much water as indicated in the instructions for the drug. Spray the undersides of the leaves with the preparation - Yucca reacts well to this. Foliar feeding combined with regular watering of the flower. Purchase liquid mineral fertilizers for flowering plants. indoor flowers in special stores. During the period of active growth, feed Yucca once every 2 weeks. During illness, after transplantation and in autumn-winter, the flower is not fed.
If, when replanting the plant, you used special balanced soil for Palms or Dracaenas, then Yucca will have enough nutrition for a long time, and you will not have to feed it until the next season.
Soil
Yucca prefers light, loose, but quite nutritious substrates, in which leaf, turf soil, peat, humus and coarse sand are found in equal proportions. You can use ready-made soil mixtures. The composition is suitable for soil for Palms or Dracaenas with a neutral or slightly acidic environment. Or you can prepare the soil yourself. In any case, we recommend disinfecting the substrate before use in any way - calcining or freezing it to prevent the presence of infection and insects.
Transfer
After purchasing Yucca, do not immediately place it in the prepared place - give it a little time to acclimatize to new living conditions away from other flowers. Transplant the flower into a new pot larger than the transport container. Prepare a new substrate as well. Be sure to place a good layer of drainage on the bottom of the pot - expanded clay or crushed stone, at least 5 cm. Replant the flower using the transshipment method. Do not deepen the stem too much. Immersion to a depth greater than 3 cm is fraught with rotting of the trunk and death of the Yucca. After transplanting, water the plant and place it separately from the others for a couple of weeks to monitor it. Do not place the pot in the sun, in a draft, or in a room that is too hot. After the expiration of the term, a healthy-looking Yucca can be moved to its planned location.
A planned transplant of Yucca into another, larger pot is carried out for young specimens once a year, for more mature ones - once every two to four years, with partial replacement of the old soil with new one. There are no special restrictions on the time of transplantation, but it is still better to replant it in the spring. The reason for the transplant may be the Yucca's root system that has grown throughout the pot. When removing a flower from an old one and placing it in a new pot, try not to damage the root system. Otherwise, the flower may get sick, and the adaptation process will take a long time, if not worse.
Try to ensure that the new substrate with which you fill the voids in the pot is of the same composition as the previous one, then the adaptation time will pass faster. One more condition: the transplanted flower cannot be fed, pruned or cuttings for a month! Let him adapt to the new living conditions in peace.
Large flowers are not very stable. Therefore he is put in big pot. To prevent acidification of the soil, rippers are added to it - vermiculite, perlite or expanded clay chips in a ratio of 5 to 1.
If the plant is too large and you do not want it to grow further, use an old pot when replanting and cut the root system of the flower by a quarter with a clean tool. Treat the cut areas with crushed charcoal, possibly charcoal, or activated charcoal. In an old, but cleaned and disinfected pot, pour 5 cm of new drainage and part of the new soil. The flower is installed and its roots are covered with substrate. There should be fresh soil on both the top and sides of the pot. After transplanting, do not water the Yucca for a couple of days, and then begin to carefully moisten the substrate in portions, waiting for its surface to dry.
It is problematic to replant an adult plant that has reached monumental size. Usually they are content with annually replacing the old soil from the top of the pot with new soil.
How to prune Yucca
Rest period
Yucca does not have a pronounced period of rest. She all year round needs good lighting, moderate temperature environment, in moderate watering. If you take it out into an unheated room for the winter, keep in mind that the temperature is below 8 degrees. heat is critical for her.
Conclusion
We introduced you to different types the evergreen beauty Yucca, as well as the rules for caring for her at home. According to Feng Shui, Yucca is a symbol of fresh air, purity and perfection. She does not tolerate clutter either in the house, or in the office, or in her head. It is placed near the workplace of a person who often leads business negotiations and signs important papers. We are sure that you will like this flower.
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All my neighbors have flowers, but mine doesn’t. It's a shame!
Already planted at three different places. What could be my mistake?!
The photo is not my yucca. Mine doesn't bloom.
And I have yucca, completely unexpectedly for me, bloomed last summer.
Why unexpected? Because the plant was purchased on the market from an unverified seller and planted early spring when it was still quite cool.
The purchased plant is called correctly Yucca filamentosa(Yucca filamentos). It has green sword-shaped leaves with threads hanging from them.
Contrary to rather pessimistic expectations, by mid-July the yucca threw out an arrow, which I did not immediately notice. Then the arrow grew, became powerful, and then became completely covered with numerous large white bell-shaped flowers. The beauty is indescribable!
What’s especially pleasing is that by the fall several babies appeared around the plant, which I plan to separate from the mother’s outlet in the spring, thus creating a small nursery from yucca.
Why doesn't yucca bloom?
Analyze the growing conditions of the plant on your site.
Yucca- the plant is very thermophilic, loves well-lit sunny places, moderate watering, good drainage and periodic feeding. If this is the case, then you should check whether the central kidney is buried.
Indoor yucca is called the tree of happiness. I assure you, blooming garden yucca charges us with such positivity that you truly feel like a happy person!
Here it is, mine tree of happiness, in all its glory!
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Yucca garden - care
Yucca is a plant of the agave family, a shrub or low tree. Yucca is called the “tree of happiness” and is believed to bring good luck to its owners. Due to the fact that the plant comes from tropical and subtropical latitudes, it is quite thermophilic. In addition, yucca is pollinated by only one species of butterfly, which in moderate climatic zone doesn't live. For these reasons, the plant bears fruit only in its homeland. But yucca blooms with beautiful white flowers that look like large bells. Yucca is often planted in pots, and it decorates not only the space garden plot, but also at home, offices, public institutions.
How to care for garden yucca?
Caring for garden yucca does not require much effort. Since the plant is very thermophilic, it is planted in a place well lit by the sun. Moderate watering is required. When setting the watering regime, be sure to focus on the plant itself: straightened leaves with twisted threads indicate that the yucca receives enough moisture, but if the leaves begin to curl and the threads sag lifelessly, then there is not enough water. When growing in a pot, make sure that moisture does not accumulate in the tray, because stagnation of water in the root system will lead to rotting of the yucca. Accordingly, when planting garden yucca in a pot, it is necessary to create a drainage layer, and when growing yucca in the garden, choose a place where moisture stagnation is impossible.
When growing a plant at home, in spring and summer, it is advisable to take it out into the open air, so it is more convenient to grow yucca in pots in country house: in the cold season it decorates the interior, and in warm time feels great in the garden. If the plant feels a lack of sunlight, then it loses its thick fan-shaped leaves.
In order for the yucca to safely overwinter in the open ground, its leaves are tied into a bunch and covered; you can also cut the stem in half and cover it.
Yucca garden - reproduction
The plant is often propagated by seeds, which are sown at the end of winter. Flowers are grown indoors at average room temperature. Seedlings grow for two years, and garden yucca is transplanted into open ground after this time in the spring, when the temperature does not drop below 7 degrees. Tiny bushes can form on the side shoots of filamentous yucca; they take root well when planted in the soil.
Yucca also propagates by root cuttings. To do this, you need to dig a fairly deep hole (2 times wider and deeper than the roots of the flower) and create a large drainage layer. Sprinkle the root system with soil mixed halfway with sand and gravel and water the plant with settled water.
Pests and diseases
Sometimes after wintering, garden yucca becomes covered with yellowish spots. 
Also, a plant in the garden can be occupied by slugs. Insecticides are used to destroy them.
Amateur gardeners often ask the question, why doesn’t garden yucca bloom? The plant may bloom in the first year after planting, or it may begin flowering in the 4th or 5th year of life. In order for the plant to bloom, under no circumstances should you cut off wilted leaves! If there is a clear reluctance to bloom, the plant is given shock therapy: kept for some time at the end of winter in a room with a temperature of +5 degrees with minimal lighting.
We wish you success in growing a beautiful “tree of happiness”!
Yucca garden - an unpretentious southerner
In the summer, when the sun shines mercilessly and the suffocating, scorching heat torments me, my memories certainly take me to distant sea shores. How nice it is there, in the kingdom of the freshness of the sea breeze, ringing waves and a kaleidoscope of exotic plants.
Yucca, the keeper of these southern memories, has recently settled on my summer cottage. As it turned out, garden yucca is very unpretentious to climatic conditions and feels great not only in hot countries, but also withstands low temperatures.
It so happened that for a long time the southern yucca fell out of sight in ornamental gardening and was grown mainly in winter gardens. And recently, it has again attracted attention and began to occupy a worthy place in the landscaping of parks, gardens, flower beds and, of course, garden plots.
The genus Yucca (lat. Yucca) is a member of the Agave family and includes more than 40 different species of shrubby perennials. Yucca comes from North America, Mexico and the Caribbean.
We mainly grow two types of this plant:
These types of yuccas have won the hearts of our gardeners with the beauty of their inflorescences. Garden yucca blooms in May-June for 40-45 days. The inflorescence is wide pyramidal in shape with many bell-shaped flowers of pure white or cream color.
How to care for yucca in the garden?
Despite all the external exoticism of this plant, yucca is not at all ambitious in everyday life. Any cultivated soil will suit her, although ideal option there will be a mixture of leaf and turf soil, sand and humus. You can also pamper the plant by adding fertilizers enriched with phosphorus or bone meal. This will stimulate the yucca to bloom very well.
Watering should be done moderately, depending on the condition of the plant. When the pointed leaves are straightened and stretch upward, you don’t have to worry and continue to wait for the rain. If the bush is still green, but the leaves begin to curl, you need to run for the watering can and save the plant.
The only claim that yucca can make regarding its content is the abundance of sunlight. If you plant this southern plant in the shade, it will simply refuse to bloom.
Caring for yucca is also quite simple. All that needs to be done is to cut off faded flower stalks and old frozen leaves in a timely manner. Leaving faded flowers with the hope of waiting for seeds in our region is pointless, since the insects that could pollinate it are not found here. I strongly recommend that you wear gardening gloves when pruning, as the plant is very thorny.
Yucca in landscape design
Since yucca is a perennial evergreen, it is actively used in landscape design. Even when yucca is not in bloom, it remains irresistible. Its long, slender leaves of rich green or slightly glaucous color make an excellent backdrop for bright, variegated low-growing annuals or unpretentious sedums.
Yucca is also a frequent visitor alpine slides and discounts. Yuccas are planted on lawns both in groups and as solitaires - in splendid isolation. The main thing for a plant is a sufficient amount of “personal” space. A dense fan of leaves of this bush can occupy more than a meter of territory.
The only point I would like to emphasize is that planting yucca bushes near paths is completely contraindicated. The leaves are very sharp and strong and can leave scratches on the skin.
Provide yucca with wintering
Despite its sultry nature, yucca tolerates winter very easily, withstanding temperatures down to -20? Watching my bushes, I got the impression that even under the snow they do not stop growing. At first, I carefully insulated the plants and built huts and other structures over them. But during such a wintering, the middle of the yucca rosette often withers away and the bush either takes a very long time to recover and does not bloom, or disappears completely.
Therefore, the optimal winter shelter for yuccas is fallen leaves. Also, during the winter, you should provide protection not only to the roots, but also to the leaves. They should be carefully gathered into a bundle and tied with twine in three or four places. This will provide the plant with resistance to the wind and preserve the crown. You can strengthen the structure by tying the plant to pegs driven into the ground.
Reproduction of garden yucca
In the spring, in April, vegetative propagation of the bush is carried out by the most simple method- division. In this case, the bush is dug up, divided into daughter plants with shoots and roots, and planted. At the same time, yucca is propagated by root offspring. But that's a completely different story.
People have many legends about yuccas, according to which these plants bring a person health and happiness, as well as success in business. I wish you success in growing this beautiful plant. I don’t know exactly about everything else, but yucca will definitely bring beauty and southern sunny charm to your garden.
Yucca garden - secrets of gardeners that you didn’t know about!
The unusually beautiful garden yucca is found in country and personal plots quite often, but many gardeners do not dare to acquire a flower in their dacha, citing a lack of growing experience. In fact, caring for the plant is not demanding, and it reproduces easily. You can’t do without nuances, but good advice, described in the article below, will allow you to find out why yucca does not bloom, how replanting and pruning occurs, as well as the basics of planting and care...
Planting yucca in open ground
Yucca is unpretentious plant, quite hardy, easily tolerates drought and heat. However, the flaw of the flower is excess moisture in the soil, which can lead to the development of rot on the roots and provoke the appearance of various diseases, in some cases the death of the entire plant.
To plant yucca, choose sunny places, away from vigorous trees and shrubs, which can not only create shade, but also take away nutrition, preventing them from fully developing and blooming. You should not plant garden yucca in lowlands or places where water accumulates. An incorrectly chosen location also affects its appearance - the leaves fade, become less dense, the trunk stretches too high, as a result of which the yucca looks untidy.
When is it better to plant yucca, autumn or spring? The most best time– spring, when the earth warms up and the threat of frost passes. Before planting outside, the flower can be grown at home in a pot or greenhouse, but then the plant must be hardened off before planting in the ground so that it does not die. Over the course of 7-10 days, the yucca is gradually taken outside, taming it to natural conditions and increasing the time spent on outdoors.
Planting yucca in the fall, especially in central Russia, in the Leningrad region, Moscow and Moscow region, also in the Urals and Siberia, is not recommended due to climatic conditions. Unpredictable weather may not allow plants to get stronger before winter, so it is better not to risk it and postpone replanting until spring.
Caring for garden yucca
To preserve the plant after planting in the ground, you need to monitor watering, do not overwater the flower, and irrigate as necessary during dry periods. After planting, the wilted leaves of the yucca should not be trimmed. This is due to the fact that two- and three-year-old yucca seedlings can produce a peduncle and begin to bloom. If you prune immediately after transplanting, you will not see any flowering. Typically, yucca begins to bloom from the third year of life, a sophisticated long stem with beautiful snow-white flowers resembling bells.
It is advisable to loosen the soil under the flower, removing weeds and breaking up the earthen crust for better access of oxygen to the roots.
Transplanting young yucca at the age of two or three years to a new place is possible if the need arises. How to replant yucca? Water the plant so that when digging, the roots do not come off and, together with a lump of earth, come out under the bayonet of the shovel. Yucca can be replanted throughout the growing season, in spring, summer and even autumn (only in the southern regions and Kuban). Fertilizing the flower after transplantation is not carried out during the first 30 days, so as not to burn the roots.
Feeding yucca is carried out once a year in early spring, as a rule, use organic fertilizers and mineral complexes. It is advisable to loosen the soil under the flower, removing weeds and breaking up the earthen crust for better access of oxygen to the roots.
Yucca is relatively winter-hardy, so it sometimes winters without shelter even in the Moscow region. It is advisable to cover in winter using any available covering material (agrospan, spunbond, film, etc.) the root zone can be mulched with humus, peat, leaf litter (preferably oak, as it does not rot).
Yucca propagation
In most cases, yucca propagation is carried out by lateral shoots (layering), root division, and less often by seeds. An adult plant, with good care, can produce a significant number of daughter rosettes, which can be found under the bush near the base of the growth. You need to take seedlings that have already developed a root system so that rooting goes well and the plants take root in the new place.
The container with crops is covered plastic film, glass and put in a warm place. After about 28-30 days, the first shoots will begin to appear. The film is removed, the pots with yucca are placed in the light, and a week later they dive into individual pots. Yucca grown from seeds is transplanted into open ground after 12-16 months.
Yucca pruning for beauty and rejuvenation
Yucca pruning is carried out in order to rejuvenate the plant and obtain new growth. To awaken dormant lateral buds, in early spring, after the snow has melted, the main stem is cut off, stimulating the development of lateral buds, from which new rosettes will subsequently develop. If there is no need to grow new shoots, the plant has overwintered well; only bad and dry leaves are removed.
Yucca is very decorative when it grows in one stem. With proper care, the height of the peduncle exceeds 1.5 m, the number of beautiful large flowers can reach 250 pieces on one plant. Before subjecting the crop to shearing, think about whether it is necessary to resort to this procedure.
Typically, yucca is pruned after flowering, removing faded stems and bad foliage. To make the plant decorative, the leaves are not cut off completely, leaving a distance of 3-5 cm from the trunk, so the trimmed yucca will not look naked, the trunk will look like it has scales. Even in winter, yucca in the snow decorates the garden, becoming a bright element in the landscape design of your site.
Why doesn't garden yucca bloom?
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Nowadays floriculture has become very popular. Every housewife strives to fill her windowsill with a variety of flowers.
The Yucca plant is evergreen and beautiful. It is from the Agave family. It can be found naturally in the arid regions of Central and North America. Yucca has adapted very well to life in such climatic conditions. She's used to drought.
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This plant blooms at a more mature age. Its flowers are bell-shaped and white. It is very rare to see such a picture.
If Yucca is accustomed to drought, does that mean it does not require careful care? No, that's not true. Special attention should be given to newly planted shoots of this plant. Since in most stores you can find already rooted Yucca varieties with side shoots. This plant is at least 4-5 years old. How to care for yucca at home during the breeding season?
To propagate Yucca, you need to trim it side shoots and put it in for a while clear water. Places where there were shoots should be treated with charcoal. After the young shoots have stood in water, their ends also need to be treated with the same charcoal. Yucca should be planted not in ordinary soil, but in a mixture of sand, earth and charcoal. Watering and proper care of yucca
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I once showed you my weekend in nature, and among many photographs there was a photo of a yucca growing into bud. Someone asked me to show me when it would bloom. Now I have the opportunity to write a blog, so I’m showing a photo; from this publication you will learn what a Blooming Yucca looks like!
First I show a photo of a non-blooming Yucca. The photo was taken in mid-summer.
This is the moment when the bud began to appear.
And here is the long-awaited Yucca Bloom:
It is not picky about care, it loves the sun, but it is advisable to avoid drought by watering as the soil dries. Yucca overwinters right outside and feels great. This yucca is about 4 years old.
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Yucca flower garden planting and care, flowering and description of the flower, features of growing and transplanting garden palm trees, types and varieties in the landscape photo
Today, the garden palm or yucca grows among many owners of garden plantings, and this phenomenon will not surprise anyone.
Many gardeners can rightfully be proud of the amazingly beautiful plant that resembles a palm tree and grows in their plots. But some are afraid to grow such beauty, mistakenly believing that the plant is too demanding in terms of growing conditions and care. In fact, propagation and care for this plant do not require much effort or expense.
Description and origin of the garden palm
The homeland of evergreen yucca is America. This plant belongs to the Asparagus family, in its own way appearance it resembles the Mediterranean agave, but unlike the latter, its leaves form a dense spiral rosette.
Domestic representatives of this family have a well-developed stem, while specimens growing in open ground have almost none; the rosettes are located tightly pressed to the ground. The peduncle is represented by a large panicle, the flowers of which are lowered down like bells. It protrudes from the central part of the rosettes, reaching a height of 1.5 to 3 meters. The exotic palm tree reproduces by root suckers.
Practiced in America and Mexico industrial cultivation Agaves are relatives of Yuca on huge plantations. The world famous tequila is produced from its stem.
The exotic appearance of the plant would seem to imply comfortable natural growing conditions, but the tropics and subtropics of America, the natural habitat for yucca, do not have such characteristics at all. The plant is adapted to prolonged drought and sudden changes in temperature. Such amazing endurance allowed the plant to spread from the southern regions to middle zone continents.
What types and varieties are there?
- Yucca gray(Yucca Glauca) or the Candle of the Lord, as people also call it. The length of the leaves reaches 90 cm, the trunk is short. The leaves have a grayish-green tint. Along the perimeter the leaf blade is lighter. Small inflorescences are collected from greenish-white or yellowish flowers. The peduncle stretches up to three meters in length. Substrate requirements this type does not have. It can easily grow even in sand, tolerates dry periods well and low temperature, but excessive soil moisture is detrimental to it.
- Yucca filamentosa(Yucca filamentosa). A bush representative, the castings of which are slightly smaller and reach a length of up to 70 cm, and the width ranges from 3 to 10 cm. The edges of the leaf plates are bordered by slightly protruding threads, and the top of the plates is slightly bent. The length of the peduncle is 2.5 m, represented by beige-white drooping flowers. Representative yucca filamentous planting and care. Like other species, it is a very unpretentious frost-resistant plant that can withstand temperatures down to -20C.
Among the F. variegata filamentose hybrids, the following interesting varieties are distinguished:
Garden palm care and planting in the garden
Despite its unpretentiousness and hardiness, yucca feels especially comfortable in elevated places with good lighting. Representatives growing in dark places are characterized by thin, loose rosettes and pale leaf blades.
When and how to plant a flower of happiness
Spring is the most favorable time for planting, but temperatures should not fall below +10C. The dense structure of the leaves can lead to numerous cuts and injuries to the hands, so gloves must be used when replanting the plant. The plant transplant itself is carried out in the spring, but preparatory work should be done in the fall: dig up the ground and form a hole for the spring replanting of the plant.
What kind of soil is needed
Yucca can grow in almost any soil, but you need to remember that air should flow to the roots in large quantities, and the soil should not be overly moist, preferably without close proximity groundwater to avoid rotting.
But most of all, garden yucca prefers calcareous, sandy, clay-stony soils and black soil.
If the soil in which the plant grows is poor in nutrients, it is saturated with humus.
Before transplanting, the hole is filled with coarse gravel or sand with the addition of two handfuls of ash. After planting, the soil should be pressed (compacted) and watered.
For easier adaptation purchased plant to outdoor conditions, it is recommended to harden the plant for 11-14 days, regularly taking the plant outside, gradually increasing the time it stays outdoors. Only after such preparation can the bush be safely transplanted to a personal plot.
Watering and fertilizing
In the processes of watering and fertilizing, the main thing is to know when to stop. Excessive watering threatens rotting of the roots, and lack of moisture will certainly affect the condition of the leaves. They will begin to curl into tubes. Proper watering will help straighten the leaf blades. There is no need to water the plant often and only when the top layer of soil has dried out. Spraying the leaves is useful, which is carried out in the morning or evening hours, when there is no longer scorching sunlight.
When does yucca bloom? The flowering of this exotic plant occurs when it grows for 3-4 years. To begin this process, at the beginning of summer, the plant trunk is surrounded with superphosphate, which, dissolving in water, penetrates to the roots of the plant, starting the process of the formation of numerous buds.
Feeding the plant should be completed 30-40 days before the onset of autumn cold weather. During this period, the plants will have time to prepare for winter season and severe frosts.
When to replant garden yucca
If the plant grows in conditions that are comfortable for it and with the same good care, then it can live perfectly in one place, without requiring transplantation, for up to 20 years. And replanting a plant may only be necessary when the bush has grown excessively. This is especially painless for the plant if the age of the specimen has not yet reached three years.
Transplanting filamentous yucca video:
But even an adult, heavily grown plant needs a transplant. Plants often cannot tolerate transplantation.
Experts give some advice when replanting this plant, because you need to take into account some planting features.
Yucca propagation: how to do it right
For breeding there are the following methods.
Yucca propagation at home is simple - plant division. During the replanting process, the rosettes can be easily separated, not forgetting to dry them and sprinkle the cut areas with cinnamon powder or charcoal. Otherwise, infection or pests may enter them.
If the transplant is carried out in the spring, then the root of the plant can be divided into cuttings, the length of which does not exceed 10 cm. Such cuttings are placed in a greenhouse, after first cutting off the top of the stem and treating it with charcoal. With this method, sprouts emerge from dormant buds.
Garden yucca open ground sets seeds, which are collected at the end of summer. They are sown in a mixture of soil, which is represented by turf, leaf soil and coarse sand in equal proportions. Plants grown in this way begin to bloom only three years after planting.
Yucca can also be propagated by stems. In this case, the cut section of the stem is dried and planted horizontally in river sand. The substrate around the stem must be constantly kept moist. When sprouts appear, the stem is cut into fragments, each of which should contain a sprout, and planted in the substrate.
You choose the most suitable way for yourself to plant yucca.
How to trim yucca at home
Pruning the plant rejuvenates it and helps produce strong young seedlings. This method is also used for frostbite of flowers and their rotting. In the spring, when the plant is no longer under winter cover, the stem is pruned. At the same time, further growth of the plant stops, and dormant buds begin to wake up, which will give rise to new rosettes with leaves.
- Sometimes it can bloom after transplantation only in the 4-5th year.
- The reason for this may be severe winter frosts, which can damage the above-ground part of the plant.
- Lack of lighting can also slow down the flowering process.
If the growing conditions and care of the plant were good, this will certainly be reflected in its appearance; flowering will be abundant and will last up to 2-3 weeks, which necessarily fall in the first two summer months. Blooming yucca is an unforgettable sight.
How to cover for the winter
Is it necessary to dig up yucca before frost?
It is enough to insulate the plant before the cold season sets in. Plants tolerate short-term cold in spring and autumn quite easily. It is important that the fallen snow melts quickly. Frost-resistant specimens perceive such temporary inconveniences especially easily. But real long frosts during a snowless winter are certain death for garden yucca.
The yuca foliage is wrapped with twine to gather it together and the plant is covered with a box, on top of which spruce branches or fallen leaves are laid. This composition is secured by a covering material wrapped with tape. In such a shelter, the yucca will easily overwinter without fear of any frost, especially when a large layer of fluffy snow falls on top.
In the spring, when temperature regime becomes stable, the time comes to free the plant from winter shelter. Do not delay this for too long, otherwise it may lead to the appearance of mold.
Yucca flower, how to care if problems arise
Yucca, like all plants, can be attacked by pests or diseases.
The most common are slugs, whiteflies, scale insects, and aphids.
The latter easily gets on the flowers, which quickly dry out and fall off. Wood ash in combination with soap solution will help in the fight not only against aphids, but also against other insects.
You need to take 0.250 wood ash, pour water (10 l) and bring to a boil, adding 0.50 grams of regular laundry soap(grated). When the resulting solution has cooled completely, immediately treat the affected leaves.
Possible problems
Flower yucca (lat. Yucca) belongs to the genus of evergreen tree-like plants of the Agave family, although not so long ago it was included in the Liliaceae subfamily. Sometimes the plant is called "yucca palm", although it has nothing to do with palm trees. In floriculture, trees such as yucca and dracaena are called false palms. Yucca is native to the arid regions of Mexico and Central America. All 30 plant species are divided into two groups: stemless and tree-like. In nature, the tree-like yucca plant can grow up to 12 meters in height; domestic yucca grows no higher than 2 m. This is a beautiful, easy-to-care tree that can serve as a worthy decoration large room or office. Yucca flowers are sometimes called the “denim tree” because the first denim fabric was made from their fibers.
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Planting and caring for yucca (in brief)
- Bloom: Decorative deciduous plant, does not bloom at home.
- Lighting: bright sunlight (near the south window). There should be at least 16 hours of daylight, so in winter you will need additional artificial lighting.
- Temperature: in summer - usual for residential premises, in winter - not lower than 10 ˚C.
- Watering: abundant, after the soil dries to a depth of 5-7 cm.
- Humidity: any, but dry air is easier to tolerate.
- Feeding: from April to August, once every 2-3 weeks, yucca leaves are sprayed from the underside with a very weak (twice weaker than the manufacturers recommend) solution of complex mineral fertilizer.
- Rest period: from October to February.
- Transfer: in the spring, once every 2-4 years.
- Reproduction: seeds, apical cuttings, parts of the trunk.
- Pests: scale insects, spider mites, aphids, thrips.
- Diseases: stem and root rot, bacteriosis, gray and brown spots, bacterial burn.
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Yucca flower - growing features
Caring for a yucca palm tree will not require much sacrifice from you. The only one prerequisite for yucca in home floriculture is good lighting. The homeland of the yucca plant is desert and semi-desert areas, where it grows under the hot sun, so it is best to place it in close proximity to a southern window, but if the western or eastern window is well lit, you can place the yucca near them.
Second distinctive feature plant is that yucca does not bloom indoors, although in nature it blooms with large white bell-shaped flowers collected in panicles. If you arrange it for the winter in an insulated loggia, you may well have a chance to see the yucca bloom: the formation of flower buds occurs only during a long stay in the cold.
If you are impatient, buy a mature plant straight away, as yucca grows very slowly. However, keep in mind that yucca is popular, so it will cost you a lot.
A yucca's daylight hours should last at least 16 hours, which means that in winter it will be necessary to provide artificial lighting for it.
In all other respects, caring for the yucca plant is simple, you can even forget about it for a while, and it will not wither away from it.
Yucca resembles a palm tree in appearance, although from a botanical point of view this is not so. This one is hardy and big flower is very popular and can be found quite often in the homes of indoor plant lovers. It is inexpensive, easy to care for and easy to propagate.
The homeland of this plant is Central America and India, where it reaches a height of several meters. In our homes, a slow-growing species is common, which has a strong structure, extraordinary beauty, low requirements for care and conditions. At home it reaches a height of 1.80 meters.
How to care for a yucca flower at home
What you need for care:
- settled water;
- fertilizers;
- clay pot;
- compost;
- a little peat and coarse sand;
- soft fabric.
Where to put the pot
This flower prefers sunny places and grows best on a sunny windowsill. However, it needs frequent ventilation. During the summer months, you can keep it outside or on the balcony to provide the plant with fresh air.
Yucca is a light-loving plant and achieves its full beauty if the leaves receive direct sunlight for at least three hours a day. Temperatures favorable for growth and development range from 10 to 24 degrees Celsius or even more, provided fresh air is provided. The flower can remain at room temperature throughout the year.
Irrigation system
Yucca is watered as needed, using simple tap water for this purpose, which has stood in a jar for at least 12 hours. It does not require a large amount of water; it should be watered sparingly. Watering too generously can cause root rot and leaf wilting.
Depending on the symptoms, you need to reduce the amount of watering or even use an antifungal product for houseplants, which can be purchased at the store. In winter, it is better to reduce the frequency of watering to a minimum.
Leaf care, dust removal
Dust from the leaves should be removed from time to time. Simply wipe them with a soft, dry cloth. Thanks to this operation, proper breathing of the leaves will become easier and tiny pores will open in them.
The lower leaves gradually begin to dry out; they should be cut off directly near the trunk. Transplantation is carried out every 2-3 years.
If lower leaves They begin to turn yellow, which means that they do not have enough light. You need to remove them and put the pot in a bright place.
By the way, what should you pay attention to when buying? First of all, when purchasing, carefully examine the trunk; it should be hard and undamaged along its entire length, and the leaves should be healthy and green.
Fertilizers, substrate and pot for planting
Fertilizing the soil at home is carried out from April to August, once every 2-3 weeks. You can use feeding preparations in moderate quantities, which are convenient to add to the water when watering.
A clay pot is perfect for planting; it is not recommended to use plastic options. The best substrate for yucca it is a mixture of compost, peat and coarse sand.
Home care: propagation and transplantation of yucca flowers
Propagation by seeds. In February or March, the seeds can be sown in a mixture of soil and sand, and then covered with a layer of soil several centimeters thick. Conditions with high humidity and a temperature of about 21 degrees are favorable for seed germination.
When the first shoots appear, you need to move the container with the seedlings to a bright place, if it was previously in the shade. After about three months, when the plants reach a height of several centimeters or more, they are transplanted into pots.
Propagation by cuttings of yucca flower. When the flower reaches mature age, we can use it to take cuttings and propagate. Cuttings are carried out in the spring when high temperatures environment and high air humidity. For cuttings, side shoots are taken, with preference given to older ones.
The shoot must be placed on a hard surface and cut with a saw into pieces of at least 10 cm, each cutting must have at least one eye. The cuttings must be sprinkled with a rooting preparation, after which the cuttings must be planted in the substrate, taking care that they do not touch the bottom edge of the pot, otherwise the roots will not develop.
The procedure is best performed in a humid, shady and warm place with a temperature of about 24-27 degrees. When the seedlings take root and new shoots appear on them, you can transplant them into separate pots.
Yucca garden - care and cultivation
Yucca garden is very interesting and beautiful plant. Among the rather hard leaves, collected in a rosette, grows a long thick stem, on which rather large white flowers periodically appear. Garden yucca has a lot of flowers. The root system is large, the roots are long and deep.
It is better to plant the plant in the form of small seedlings in a sunny and well-ventilated place, then it will bloom well. The place should also be protected from strong winds, the soil should not be waterlogged or highly alkaline.
Yucca plant care, watering and fertilizing
Water the flower regularly throughout the summer, but the soil must be well permeable so that the water does not stagnate, otherwise the roots may rot. In the spring, when there is water in the soil, you need to add a little liquid fertilizer. This will strengthen the flower after winter and prepare it for the flowering period.
Fertilizer should be added regularly in summer as growth may be impaired due to the large number of flowers. If you want to speed up growth, in the first years you can break off the flowers so that the plant does not waste energy on them. After flowering, all wilted parts must be removed.
Yucca wintering
The yucca flower is frost-resistant, its leaves are evergreen, however, the roots must be protected from freezing. We can do this by covering it with fir branches. Yucca leaves retain their green color even when it snows, being the pride of their owner.
Reproduction
Young plants are obtained most easily by separating large ones. This should be done in the spring. It is necessary to dig up the whole plant to separate the young seedlings.
