Hi Barb

Finding some brevifolia was... such a pain!
You know, contrary to South of France (like the French Riviera which is a zone 9usda, it even exist some usda zone 10 in continental France! in Corsica and 'Menton' town, or 'Bormes Les Mimosas' Village for instance) Paris is very... cold, rainy, and grey. It's like comparing Miami and Detroit, for US members. Or Ottowa with... Well, I don't find any hot place in Canada! 😳 I guess you'll understand what I mean.
Planting exotics in the garden is not common here. Which is completely different in the French Rivieria where gardeners have a wonderful climate for exotics, and a lot of providers (nurseries) having access to a large amount of plants.

One of the greatest expert in Yucca is German, he's called Fritz Horschtatter. He sells agavacea seeds and plants from his own legal collects. 😉 Otherwise, some European nurseries have sometimes seedlings.

I also have a mature Yucca rostrata (around 1,50 meters) 😉 He never bloomed until now but it's at home since only 2 years. Maybe next year...

Sebastien,

It's a pleasure to read about your region.

Or Ottowa with... Well, I don't find any hot place in Canada!

I know what you mean BUT the Okanagan in British Columbia is semi-arid and gets very very hot in the summer.
On rare occasions, my back yard has been 42 C, made even hotter by strong winds.

It's too bad our winters can still give us -15 or -20 C (rare, but it happens).

I have Yucca filamentosa growing outdoors year round, and they flower beautifully each year.
My favourite Yucca is the rostrata, gorgeous blue.

Let's see some of your plants! 😀
Barb

Hi Sébastien.
Glad you have found a source. 😀 Large y. brevifolias are even hard to find here in the us. Seeds or small plants are about the best most people can get here, lucky they grow fairly fast. 🙂

Hi all!

I'll make some pics when I find the occasion... the winter is coming and the night came very early...
I've got some Y. filamentosa. What is awesome with Yucca is that you can have a wonderful bloom even if the coolest area of the world (by having a specie like filamentosa or Y. glauca). Flowers are eatable, too.

Aaron, I hope you're doing well. Actually, the only shop I know which sells mature Y. brevifolia is Dutch; and I think most people know its name: Tropical Center. However, the prices are complety crazy. And we could ask to ourselves if it really is a good thing to dig up old Yucca from the Wild...
Sowing keeps being the better choice for rare plants, we can save species that way.

I do not have any recent pic, so I'll send you some pics from my last vacations South of France, in a private garden in La-Londe-Les Maures, a small town bording the Mediterannean Sea.

Looks like being in Texas or Mexico! 😀 😆 😆
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That one! That one! It's a brevifolia!
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woa some prickly pears
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It's not over til it's over
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so tall!
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A small nursery is attach to the garden, the owner is also import (now you understand why there are so many crazy plants)
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Actually that garden is also an exotic bird reserve, where you can see a lot of parrots and other stuff. But that's another story.

😀

Those are beautiful pictures.
Presume you were on vacation?

Where do you keep your plants? Indoors?
Barb

Hi!

Sure, holiday pics! 😀

I would be soooooooo happy to live in a place with a climate like that! (it is a usda zone 9b, maybe 10a because) That garden is labelled "CCVS" which is the French label for National Collection of rare plants, dedicated to a botanic family (this label is for the Agavacea family). In other words, there the place in France where you can find the largest number of species in one place (all outdoors!)
Problem is that it is located around 1000 kilometers from my home! 😈 But I try to go there once a year, at last.
Moreover, there are many great palms (huge Trithrinax campestris, Jubaea chilensis) and also a vast number of Cycads and among them Encephalartos sp. grown outdoors!

Actually, my agavacea are mainly grown outdoors.
Problem is that our winters are very wet, and thus the possibility to rot is higher than in a dry zone.

I see some people here like Aaron who is in a cold zone, with tough winter, but the climate seems to be relatively dry, which helps a lot to keep some species that can tolerate high frost but just a little amount of water. That is something to keep in mind for every exotic we try to plant in a "northern" climate, all around the World. Plants have a resistance to water, and anoter resistance to temperature. Taking the example of Opuntiads, some are hardy to 5°F for example but very limited concerning humidity resistance. Other opuntiads can tolerate only 18°F but they tolerate much more humidity before they rot.

the only plants I keep indoors are young seedlings (1-2 years old) from my own sowings, but not the whole plants, some seedlings are put outside however I have some loses. Plus every "old" yucca that I buy in Germany (from exports), I kept those plants in a well drained pot to make them root as they arrive untrimmed. When the root system become large enough, I'll plant them outdoors (approx. 1 year after planting them in a pot) and are kept in a partially shaded position since full sun can kill them during that time. I got a large Y. carnerosana and 3 medium-sized Yucca thomsoniana indoors for the moment indoors, in a hot and dry condition to make them root.

I guess that's all,

😀

Hi Sébastien.
Those fotos are awesome 8) Does look like Texas! 😀

Do you have any pics of your garden?

Mid summer pics of my largest j-trees

Dwarf brevifolia

And Brevifolia-brevifolia

Wow they sure have grown since you first posted the pics back in 2005. When do you think the larger one will branch out?

John

I dont know, but I hope it is soon. 😀

Nice! Those are awesome.

Great shots! Those are some nice trees!
Hey, if you ever get flowers, I'd love some pollen to try a few hybrids with some 'Eastern-Types' to get some good moisture resistant (and beautiful) plants! hmm, maybe a (recurvfolia x filata (filamentosa x elata)) x brevifolia would be a good plant... Anyway, keep it in mind!

Cheers,
Paul

Sure if it can be sent. 😉

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Dwarf brevifolia 38 inches

brevifolia 6ft 4in

Nice! Those are looking really good Aaron. 😀

-Jay