Yucca collection, NW Croatia zone 7b

Henoh_Croatia · Post by **Henoh_Croatia** » Tue Nov 13, 2012 11:38 am

Hello everyone!

Here is my Yucca collection, not much but number of species is growing every day.

Pictures taken on 10 November 2012.
Yucca gloriosa 'variegata'

Yucca gloriosa

Yucca filamentosa 'bright edge'

Yucca baccata (Mesa Garden 1980.4-baccata /18/ Los Alamos, NM, stemless, leaf with curly edges)

Yucca glauca (Mesa Garden 1985.72-glauca /18/ Platte Co, Wyo., white and pink flowers)

Yucca nomexicana/ Yucca harrimaniae var. neomexicana (Mesa Garden 1997.81-neomexicana JRT251 /18/ Cimmeron Co, OK, dark rosette)

Henoh_Croatia · Post by **Henoh_Croatia** » Tue Nov 13, 2012 12:27 pm

Yucca gloriosa/recurvifolia (probably recurvifolia)

Yucca rostrata, first year in ground

Yucca elata (Mesa Garden 1993.64-elata DJF1341 /17/ Franklin Mts TX, thatched trunked tree).

Yucca elata (unknown origin)

Yucca thompsoniana (Mesa Garden 2001.34-thompsoniana /17/ n Alpine, Tx, yellow edged leaf)

Yucca aloifolia (hybrid?). This one frosted to the ground last winter. Now is moved to a new position, I hope better one.

Same yucca year ago

and after last cold winter

Yucca carnerosana (Mesa Garden 1982.93-carnerosana /17/ Sra Parras, Coah, huge rosette)

Yucca filamentosa

Yucca filamentosa (flowered this summer) and Yucca recurvifolia

Yucca filamentosa

Also I have in community pots Yucca arizonica (Mesa Garden 1979.9-arizonica /17/ Nogales, AZ, clumps, short trunks), Yucca brevifolia v. jaegeriana (MG 1982.9-brevifolia v jaegeriana Meadview, AZ, lower, bushier), Yucca rupicola (MG 1999.5-rupicola /17/ Ozona, Tx, soft yellow-green leaf, small) and Yucca torreyi (MG 2001.6-torreyi Redford, TX, narrow dagger-leaf, short tree).

I would like to try in my zone in future with Yucca nana, Yucca palida, Yucca angustissima, Yucca arkansana, Yucca campestris, Yucca cernua, Yucca linearifolia, Yucca rigida, and some hybrids.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Nov 13, 2012 1:23 pm

Stunning variety, Henoh!

You're fortunate to live in a 7B where you have a good chance at all yuccas on your list surviving.

Great that the young elata beside the newly located aloifolia came through your awful winter totally unscathed.

Your yucca variegated gloriosa is going to bloom now?
I think that's what mine is...I first thought mine was an agave

because of the lethal tips.

Thanks!
Barb

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Tue Nov 13, 2012 4:04 pm

Very nice collection,hope it stays warm enough for you to enjoy the Gloriosa flowers

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Nov 13, 2012 4:53 pm

Henoh, please take a guess at what mine is.
Could it be a y.gloriosa variegated, as in your first picture?

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/southslope/8091835513/" title="020 by edible_plum, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8195/8091 ... 0a61_c.jpg" width="800" height="600" alt="020"></a>

Thanks
Barb

EDIT: HERE'S A BETTER PHOTO OF IT.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/southslope/8091845166/" title="018 by edible_plum, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8334/8091 ... 2191_c.jpg" width="800" height="600" alt="018"></a>

Cameron_z6a_N.S. · Post by **Cameron_z6a_N.S.** » Tue Nov 13, 2012 5:00 pm

Great photos, Henoh!

andym · Post by **andym** » Tue Nov 13, 2012 5:27 pm

A good collection of hardy Yuccas. I like the Rostrata which has a good mophead

Are all of your Yuccas seed grown or do you buy plants? Lets hope you (and me) don't get another Siberian blast this Winter. Fortunately? my low was only -11C.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Tue Nov 13, 2012 5:48 pm

Awesome yuccas! Keep us posted over the winter.

Henoh_Croatia · Post by **Henoh_Croatia** » Wed Nov 14, 2012 1:35 am

Thank you all!

@Barb, it could be a form of Yucca gloriosa 'Variegata' but I'm confused with thickness of leaves, and big spines. Maybe Tim Beham can help with identification.

@andym, half of them is seed grown, mostly from Mesa Garden, and Y, gloriosa, Y. gloriosa 'Variegata', Y. recurvifolia, Y. filamentosa/flaccida, Y. filamentosa 'bright edge', Y. rostrata originated from local nurseries. Winter minimum was about -18C and freezing temperatures (with daily maximum below zero Celsius) lasted almost two weeks .

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Wed Nov 14, 2012 8:47 am

Barb, it could be a form of Yucca gloriosa 'Variegata' but I'm confused with thickness of leaves, and big spines. Maybe Tim Beham can help with identification.

Some have taken a stab at its ID, here:

http://palmsnorth.com/forum/viewtopic.p ... ight=agave

might be a Furcraea as Aaron suggests in that post.
Or an Agave Sissilana because of its deadly terminal spine?
Tim hasn't logged a guess yet.

Barb

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Fri Nov 16, 2012 10:41 am

great Yuccas everyone!

Henoh, let us know how Y. carnerosana grows for you.........very slow in my climate and will die back in cold winters.

Barb, did you photoshop that variegated Yucca? It's a beauty. It's not the standard form of Y. gloriosa variegata. Your colors are much brighter (and better looking too)! I'm not sure of the ID.....never seen that form before. It's kinda close to a variegated 'tiny star' gloriosa but I don't think yours is a tiny star. Tiny star is small too....yours looks larger. I'll post your Yucca on the German Yucca board......I'm sure someone can ID. There are a few Yucca collectors on that board who collect variegated Yuccas.

Tim

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Fri Nov 16, 2012 10:50 am

photoshop

I'd have to get a 6 year old to show me how

Sorry to hitch-hike on your thread, Henoh, but I thought mine was like yours.

Thanks Tim for the offer to help ID mine.
And I've got a couple of pups...

spiny little buggers already.

Barb

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Fri Nov 16, 2012 5:21 pm

Hi Barb,

I just noticed your link...........that root ''thing-e' sure looks 'Agave-type-ish'. Keep us posted.

Tim

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Fri Nov 16, 2012 5:31 pm

Barb,

do you have this outside with no protection?

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sat Nov 17, 2012 8:41 am

outside with no protection?

No, I chickened out and dug it up again.

It's in a pot in the cold building.
Same with its 2 pups.

Barb

Henoh_Croatia · Post by **Henoh_Croatia** » Mon Feb 04, 2013 1:47 pm

Here's winter update of my Yuccas. Most of them is now in poor condition due to 70 cm of snow.

Yucca glauca

Yucca carnerosana, test. So far so good. We will see what the future brings.

Yucca rupicola

Yucca aloifolia or hybrid

Yucca baccata

Yucca elata

Yucca aloifolia or hybrid

Yucca neomexicana

Y. filamentosa/flaccida

Y. filamentosa/flacida

Y. gloriosa v.

Y. gloriosa

Y. recurvifolia

Y. filamentosa/flaccida 'bright edge'

Y. recurvifolia

Y. recurviflia

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Mon Feb 04, 2013 6:24 pm

Looking good

You sure can tell that the bigger plants handle winter better.

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Mon Feb 04, 2013 7:12 pm

nice update...........most look OK so far.............that one recurvifolia looks beat up but should survive.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Mon Feb 04, 2013 9:28 pm

Glad they're not crushed flat from the snowload.

Look good!

Barb

Henoh_Croatia · Post by **Henoh_Croatia** » Sat Jun 22, 2013 1:32 pm

TimMAz6 wrote:great Yuccas everyone!

Henoh, let us know how Y. carnerosana grows for you.........very slow in my climate and will die back in cold winters.

Tim

Tim, only one unprotected seedling survive last, not too cold but very snowy and wet, winter. It's seems that carnerosana is not long term Yucca for my climate.

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Thu Jun 27, 2013 6:02 pm

Yes, Y. carnerosana seedlings are marginal in colder/wet areas. They grow SO SLOW in my climate. I think they need warmer soil temperatures.

Henoh_Croatia · Post by **Henoh_Croatia** » Mon Jul 22, 2013 7:38 am

This one Y. carnerosana seedling resprouted from the ground.

I have other one in pot for backup.

and some recent Yucca photos
http://s400.photobucket.com/user/m_bara ... 013?sort=3

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Mon Jul 22, 2013 9:05 pm

Don't give up hope, as it gets older it may do better.