I have posted a pic once, and I will try and get a recent one posted. It is still small but grows faster every year. I think I might have to move it again becuase it has three heads now and so it will be much larger then I first planted the single headed plant. 😀

Barb,
I have a sharp yucca that was planted to close to the walk and what I do is clip the sharp ends off. 🙂 😉

Have you posted a pic of your Y.faxon?
Would love to see it.

Barb

I thought I did but I was wrong. I will post one. 😀

I have posted a new pic and found the old pic, it was in the desert part of the forum. Remember it is still small. It is one I have grown from seed. 🙂

Aaron,
Small is still a success...from seed.
My seedling y.rostratas haven't grown at all beyond what came out of the seed 👿
And my palm seeds croaked.

So a small y. faxon is still great!
I'll try to find the pic..
Barb

I'm sorry to hear about your palm seedlings, but your rostrata seedlings looks awesome. 😀

Everybody says this isn't a good idea because there's not enough time for roots to develop and settle in before winter hits.

Removed a 10 year old Flowering Quince which left a nice big hole.
Very good drainage in that area.

OK, folks: Why CAN'T the Yucca Rostrata go dormant planted in its new outdoor spot WITHOUT new roots?
Why does it have to have NEW roots?
Won't the old roots suffice until spring?

But if I protect it with a heated winter enclosure (I must be crazy to try this... 😀 ), why not?

I must be fighting the end of summer...need to DO SOMETHING outside other than rake leaves!
Barb

Barb, I do it all the time, but I think it will do better in the winter if planted in the spring so the plant can "harden" before winter. They do better if they have been through a few cool spring nights.
I plant stuff in the fall all the time, but be careful not to water the plant in so well that it does not drain before winter hits, it could rot. 😕

PS. I would hate to see your nice plant not make it through the winter because of my bad advice. Most of the stuff I plant are cheaper seedlings. 🙂

Looks great barb congrats!

Hey, Aaron, no worries.
I'd rather receive advice when I ask for it, knowing that any decision I make is MY risk, never faulting anybody who helped answer my question! 🙂

It's been sitting in its nursery pot, exposed to storms and cold and heat.
I don't want to put it indoors....sooooo.....DON'T WORRY!

The area is a shale outcrop and so rocky you could pour water from a hose into a hole and just hear it gurgling away between rocks. A friend who was here years ago when I planted the Flowering Quince in that spot said "Sheesh, how the hell do you ever keep grass green with so many rocks down there?" ha ha.

We even had to add sand and topsoil to the area just to fill in BETWEEN the rocks!

First I gave it a haircut so I didn't poke my eyes out trying to coax it out of the pot.

Look at how the roots grew DOWN, and then back UP the inside of the pot!
I didn't dare pull these back down...would probably break them. Strange, huh? 😯

Oops, this pic is in the wrong order! 😳

Done!

Weather's supposed to be nice and mild for the next few days.
Lots of time to build a winter shelter with a heater....(famous last words) 😆 😆 😆

Hey Mike!
Thanks...are you about to start winterizing your gorgeous palms soon?

Barb

Looks great there Barb. Fingers are crossed for the winter this year. Keep us informed how it progresses.

John

Thanks John. Those upturned roots were strange, never saw that before.

I've gotta find/buy some OLD Xmas lights...the ones that emit heat, before I put the shelter up.
I don't think anybody sells those any more. 🙁
Barb

Barb,
If you can only get the small ones just try wrapping them a little closer togatherthen you otherwise would. They still give off a fair amount of heat, and any shelter you erect will help hold that in.
I'm trying these small lights wrapped around the upper portons of my leaf enclosed Musa basjoo clump. My theory is that this will prevent total freeze of the main stem from occuring... I guess time will tell.
Anyway, ya, a rostrata in a warmish 5a (5b) in a shelter shelter plus some small lights should be more then enough! But I can;t blame you for wanting to baby it!

Maybe we should all post pics of our winter protection to give ideas/stop each other from making stupid mistakes...

Hey Barb ... Yucca roots will grow any which way but loose (wasn't that an old Clint Eastwood movie title?) 😆
Again, looks great and with faily dry soil it should be OK unless old man winter gets nasty.

Paul ... I've found Musa basjoo psuedostems stay intact and solid as long as the temps don't dip below -4°C (25°F).
Last year that was the case here (-3.7°C winter low) and my unprotected clump was fine. I left the frosted dead leaves in place and they hung along side the psuedostems perhaps providing some protection. In spring they picked up right where they left off and then I trimmed the dead leaves.

Cheers, Barrie.

Barrie, yup, yet another Oater movie 😆 😆
If I hadn't removed it from the pot, would the roots eventually have come up out of the pot? 😯

Paul, I'm new to this winter protection thingy, so pardon the stoopid question:

small lights wrapped around the upper portons

Since warm air rises, wouldn't the lights be more effective closer to the soil?
Or are you concerned you'll start a fire with the leaf-stuffed enclosure?

Anybody need a good laugh? Proving I have too much time on my hands: 😆

It's a shame to throw out the rostrata's "haircut" without giving it a shot. A very long shot.
Barb