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Hi guys! 🙂
I'd like to show my yuccas in this cold piece of land, called Poland 😉
Y. gloriosa
It looked awful after last winter. I was worried it won't make it! The beginning of April:
The beginning of August:
The other one with less winter damage. April:
It was their first winter outdoor. Min. temp.: -30C / -22F for almost 2 weeks 😯
August:
This the species I'd like to ask you about. ID please, if possible. Bought it as glauca, but few people told me it's not glauca at all. Photos:
Here's how they looked like after planting:
After the winter:
What species might it be? Any clues?
I also planted Y. baccata, Y. glauca, Y. recurvifolia, Y. Elegantissima (probably). Take a look:
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Posted : 26/09/2012 4:28 am
Welcome to the Club, buddy. Which part of Poland are you from?
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Posted : 26/09/2012 5:55 am
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Greetings 😀
It's central Poland, not far from Vistula river. I wish it was western Poland - they have milder and shorter winters.
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Posted : 26/09/2012 6:04 am
No worries, Marceli, my home town is about 4 thousand kilometers east off yours but still there are a lot opportunities growing exotic stuff. But I live more southern too 😆
I have 20 + species of Yucca germinated this year. Have no idea how to overwinter them... Too many.
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Posted : 26/09/2012 6:47 am
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Maybe you have something interesting for me then? 🙂
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Posted : 26/09/2012 6:53 am
Welcome to the board! Nice to have another zone 4 buddy!
I can't I.D. your small Yucca, sorry.
P.S. If (when) the temp hit -30C here, even Yucca filamentosa will burn (well, the exposed leaves anyway).
Posted : 26/09/2012 9:44 am
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I built them a roof to prevent from winter moisture. This year I'm gonna build something like a big polytunnel with ventilation holes and remove it in spring time.
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Posted : 26/09/2012 9:56 am
Very nice
That is some serious cold at -22F -Yikes!
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Posted : 26/09/2012 10:21 am
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Usually we get -22C/-4F, which is very cold, but last winter was different. I hope I won't see lows like that this winter!
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Posted : 26/09/2012 10:36 am
Hi Marceli, wow -30C is brutal. 😯
Hope you don't have another winter like that for 10 years.
Great recovery on your yuccas.
Hopefully Tim will chime in here for the ID of your yucca.
Barb
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Posted : 26/09/2012 2:02 pm
Barb- This is the part that bothers me: http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/
Year to year ice is also decreasing, as is the ice thickness. Yikes.
Apparently large-scale arctic melt often spells cold winters for Europe (sorry Europeans).
Posted : 26/09/2012 3:31 pm
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I'm sick of harsh and long winters. A little -10C / 14F with snow cover will do 😉
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Posted : 26/09/2012 3:42 pm
Hello Marceli,
Nice to see you here in PN 🙂
Hope to see your Yuccas and other plants in good condition all over the year!
Keep exoting!
Godfryd
Posted : 26/09/2012 3:42 pm
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Hello Marceli,
Nice to see you here in PN 🙂
Hope to see your Yuccas and other plants in good condition all over the year!
OMG! You're the last person I expected to see here 😀
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Posted : 26/09/2012 3:46 pm
arctic melt often spells cold winters for Europe (sorry Europeans).
Yes, that certainly is a concern.
And all the governments jostling for "position" on mineral rights...
I've observed over the last few years that cold arctic blasts descend out of Siberia and slide down Alaska and into central BC. 👿
Barb
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Posted : 26/09/2012 7:51 pm
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