Rostrata on steroids

[andym]

I don't about you guys n gals the other side of the Atlantic but most Yucca Rostrata here in Europe are trunks of various sizes with piddly little mop heads attached. Ok so they actually grow when planted out but it is refreshing to find a Rostrata that is different. And boy this one was different... not tall by any means 6ft in its pot but it has presence and a full skirt to the ground






This plant will be planted along with my Dasylirion Longissimum next spring and will over winter in one of my walk in plastic greenhouses.

[DesertZone]

That is one nice looking rostrata, almost looks like a x with rigda. Very nice silver color.

[lucky1]

Oh, Andy, that's a stunner.

Looks almost like the big headed one--but no trunk--that died during my first winter

In your location, I'd build a carport over it so it doesn't get rain.

Where on earth in your chock-full garden will it go?????

Barb

[DesertZone]

In your location, I'd build a carport over it so it doesn't get rain.

Barb

What a good idea! That would work good for winters with lots of rain.

[andym]

In your location, I'd build a carport over it so it doesn't get rain.

Barb

What a good idea! That would work good for winters with lots of rain.

I wanted to put it in the bedroom but my wife doesn't like competition

Its a beaut of a Yucca but sadly it has been damaged by the so called professional freight company that delivered it. They thought it would be a good idea to place it horizontally on a pallet unsecured rather than upright and shrink wrapped to the pallet. How can they treat such a beautiful plant like that. Ive been onto the supplier to demand why this plant has been sent to me in this condition. In case you missed it...






BTW this Yucca came from Spain, conceived and raised there and not Mexico.

[lucky1]

the supplier to demand why this plant has been sent to me in this condition.

The supplier should change freight companies, and set written standards for future shipments.
The nursery could even demand the freight company provide insurance for damage en route.

Fortunately they didn't ship it upside down, and the growing point is unmarred.

Barb

[DesertZone]

Barb,
How about an update on your rostratas. I sould would like to see them awesome yuccas.

[lucky1]

How about an update on your rostratas

Happy to comply, Aaron, although mine aren't on steroids.


"Canadian" beer for scale (and if you believe that, I've got a 1969 Mazda for sale, ha ha)

Two of 'em:
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/southslope/7896830354/" title="001 by edible_plum, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8312/7896 ... 728775.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="001"></a>

The third in the group:
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/southslope/7896847328/" title="002 by edible_plum, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8430/7896 ... f601c9.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="002"></a>

Much bluer than my camera does justice...

Here they are in the bed with the Washy robusta and Washy filibusta (it's at far end).

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/southslope/7896834078/" title="006 by edible_plum, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8039/7896 ... 4151ef.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="006"></a>

I really like the spiral manner in which the new growth emerges...very cool from the top

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/southslope/7896840792/" title="004 by edible_plum, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8293/7896 ... 03608c.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="004"></a>

Sorry to derail your thread, Andy...back to you!

Barb

[andym]

Barb... feel free to post your pics and anyone else for that matter.... the more the merrier
They certainly do look lush. Can't be that long before they trunk... then your in trouble

[DesertZone]

Much bluer than my camera does justice...

Barb

Sure, that's what they all say.

J/K

Those are looking so very nice! I wish mine grew that fast! I think I need one of like'em. I tried one after seeing yours a couple of years ago, but it did not make it through the winter. I should have keep it inside longer.

[lucky1]

it did not make it through the winter. I should have keep it inside longer.

Aaron, winters are challenging when heat isn't available.
Bought these before I learned from you guys that Y.rostrata will NEVER make it here unprotected.
I should've bought y.elata and/or y.thompsoniana (hybridized?) for any hope of unheated success.
Even my rough-looking old y.filamentosas suffer with leaf damage when there's little snow...(oops, sorry to use the "s" word in August).

And from what some here have said, yuccas don't do well in pots for very long either .
Darn!

then you're in trouble

Yup, Andy, that'll be a challenge.

Barb

[DesertZone]

Y.rostrata will NEVER make it here unprotected.

Barb

The one I tried came from a green-house grown stock. So that may have been my problem, and I should have grown it inside that first winter. But all the other I have here I have grown from seed and I have never given them heat, and many I only cover the first year (except last year I coved most everything).
Some are very hardy as long as the roots and the crown stay dry.

Barb, I hope to find seed in the blue form as you, I forget the selection/name?

Andym, do you know the selection/form of rostrata you have? I think the silver leaves are amazing.

[lucky1]

Aaron, I recall worrying myself sick about your y.brevifolia, and others that you had unprotected during winters.
And cheering when the big one recovered with two heads.
It was heart-wrenching hearing/seeing losses.

But I just can't bring myself to risk an unprotected/barely protected winter for my rostratas...yet that would certainly make them hardier if they survived.
I wouldn't be able to sleep at night

Mine are called Y.rostrata "sapphire skies" (Plant Delights nursery in the Carolinas).

You'll probably recall our "climate change" conversation years ago * grin * where I admitted y.rostrata wasn't hardy here.
But we were all waiting for warmer winters soon.
Instead we got hotter summers

Here's the Yucca page from their catalogue: http://www.plantdelights.com/Y/products/817/

Barb

[andym]

Andym, do you know the selection/form of rostrata you have? I think the silver leaves are amazing.

Aaron... I'm afraid I don't but I'm actually wondering now whether it is a hybrid. I just don't have enough experience to tell. I am still in contact with the supplier so I will enquire.
But with leaves that wide it looks that way.

[DesertZone]

But I just can't bring myself to risk an unprotected/barely protected winter for my rostratas...yet that would certainly make them hardier if they survived.
I wouldn't be able to sleep at night

Mine are called Y.rostrata "sapphire skies" (Plant Delights nursery in the Carolinas).

Barb

Barb, I would not risk your rostrata to the cold sense you have power close by, I just want people to know that in the right planting conditions, rostrata my live in thier area, and is worth the risk if they can get the plants cheap enough.

Thanks for the name "sapphire skies" that it.

[DesertZone]

Andym, do you know the selection/form of rostrata you have? I think the silver leaves are amazing.

Aaron... I'm afraid I don't but I'm actually wondering now whether it is a hybrid. I just don't have enough experience to tell. I am still in contact with the supplier so I will enquire.
But with leaves that wide it looks that way.

Thanks Andy!

[lucky1]

And that link, Aaron, will make you drool at all the yuccas they have.

Still blows me away that y.rostrata is rated for zone 5.
ya right...

Mine ended up costing me about $60 each with the phytosanitary certificate and shipping, etc.
6 rostrata, little guys, for about $300.
H would kill me.

So I can't risk them to an unprotected winter.

But you're doing things right, Aaron, letting only the hardiest ones survive.
That's the secret to success, not heating them in an artificial enclosure like I do. Oh well.

Barb

[DesertZone]

And that link, Aaron, will make you drool at all the yuccas they have.

Barb

Thanks for the link, I forgot about all the very cool plants they have. I spent half the day reading it.

[lucky1]

And naturally, you enjoyed how Tony injects humor into some of his plant descriptions.

I laugh everytime.

Barb

[andym]

Just thought you would like to know that the Supplier and their sub contracted Shipper finally admitted responsibility for the damage to the plant and awarded €200 in damages which just about paid for the shipping in the first place
How expensive is it to ship plants in the US/Canada? Blutty extortionate over here especially from Europe to the UK. The same Supplier above can charge up to €360 just to ship one plant and yet an Ebay supplier from Spain charges max €160 for large plants.
The Tropical Centre in Holland will charge €330 for one plant over 1.8mts in height which may just cost €150 thats because the plant has to be shipped on a pallet. But at least they offer free shipping on orders over €1000
BTW my Rostrata did not come from the TC.

[Cameron_z6a_N.S.]

Andy, you do not want to know how expensive it is to ship plants here! Or the hassle that we have to go through for importing, etc. You guys in the UK are lucky to have the easy trading within the EU, imagine if you needed to get separate documents every time you wanted a plant brought in that was out of your country! Congrats on getting that damage money as well.