Benny, Northern Denmark
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Topics: 6 / Replies: 52
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RE: My favorite Yuccas

Igor,I haven't had much luck with Yucca rigida. I have tried some in the unheated greenhouse, but none of them has survived for long. The same goes fo...

12 years ago
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RE: My favorite Yuccas

Hello Tim,Thanks for showing some of your favorite Yuccas.Yes, many Yuccas look their best right now. But soon the "fungi-season" starts, and the weak...

12 years ago
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RE: F.N. Rusanov

I have three "suspects" for incidental pollination of Yuccas in Europe. Bumblebee's frequently visit the Yucca flowers and Hoverflies (family Syrphida...

12 years ago
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RE: My favorite Yuccas

I forgot,The reason why we get so much snow in our garden, is that we have farmers fields on 3 sides of our garden. So if it snows with just a little ...

12 years ago
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RE: My favorite Yuccas

Hello Igor,The winter of 2012-13 was not very cold, "only" very long and very dry. I think, that the coldest were -16C and most of the time only -2 to...

12 years ago
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RE: What Yucca is this?

Adam,Your plants looks great. But I have no idea what the first Yucca is, it's NOT aliofolia. Is the leaves serrated or not?I have an advice for you. ...

12 years ago
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RE: My favorite Yuccas

You are absolutely right. The 4 last winters has been quite hard on out plants. The four winters were very different from each other, so those plants ...

12 years ago
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RE: My favorite Yuccas

Hello,It's easy to understand why this in one of your favorites. How long are the leaves 3½ - 4 feet? I had a similar plant, which unfortunately died...

12 years ago
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RE: A Few yucca 2 year seedlings

Tim, it's an outstanding inflorescence this Yucca have. It must be the only Yucca bloom which can make you Yucca constricta x filamentosa flowers look...

12 years ago
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Yucca glauca ssp. stricta X baccata

Another favorite of mine is this Hungarian hybrid:Yucca glauca ssp. stricta x baccata, made by Demeter Janakidisz, Hungary.I find this one is much mor...

12 years ago
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RE: F.N. Rusanov

Dear Igor,Thanks for the news. It is indeed a very sad story. What a lose of life's work within the field of Botany. I suspect that the same happened ...

12 years ago
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RE: Yucca 'Karlsruhensis type 2' x rostrata, a Jensen hybrid

Tim,Yes, your Yucca filamentosa x rostrata are quite similar, I think the only difference is, that the leaves on yours are more rigid, a little shorte...

12 years ago
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RE: A Few yucca 2 year seedlings

Igor,Your Yucca filamentosa "Tennessee" x reverchonii-thompsoniana looks great. I can't remember if I have any of this cross. I know that I have a "bi...

12 years ago
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RE: A Few yucca 2 year seedlings

Hello Andy,I do not expect that hybrid Yucca glauca x linearifolia will be hardy outside in our garden, but I hope, that they will be OK in the unheat...

12 years ago
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