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It was cold damage, the center was fine but the outer leave were burnt. I did protect it when it was young, but not sence it has grown. Last winter stayed cold for to long and did much damge here. I lost several yucca, wished I coverd them all.lucky1 wrote:Hey, Aaron, was it cold damage or snowmelt in the crown?
Have you ever put a snow protection cover on it?
Each year it's getting more and more hardy.![]()
Barb
Hi Duncan,Cowtown Palm Society wrote:Hi Aaron,
It's kinda weird that rostrata would struggle in your neck of the woods, especially given your successes with brevifolia. It's hard to tell from photos, but the leaves on this specimen look more rigid (pun intended) than what I have seen on rostrata. Could this plant be the less hardy y. rigida? Could this also be the case for the one you lost this winter? Just a theory....
Duncan
Yup, I feel for you, you loved those yuccas so much.wished I coverd them all
It could be, but is different than the linearfolia I had that was not hardy. I will check on the leaves but I'm sure it has serrated leaves.TimMAz6 wrote:Nice Yucca for zone 5b!! I agree with Duncan.....your 'rostrata' does not appear to be 'typical'. My gut was telling me it's a Yucca linearfolia which looks very closely like a Y. rostrata. Does your 'rostrata' have a serrated leaf edge?
I thought my rostrata was an elata when I planted it until it got bigger and I noticed trates of rostrata instead of elata (no threads and no white lined leaves). But when it was younger I could have sworn it was elata.TimMAz6 wrote:It's very interesting to hear your rostratas were seed grown from El Paso. Perhaps the seed is hybrid with another Yucca such as elata or another narrow leaf Yucca. It will be interesting to see your rostratas mature.......perhaps we can find out which, if any, Yucca may be involved. Someone from El Paso sent me some rupicola seed and it's clearly a hybrid since the leaves are 'U' shaped. Keep us posted on your rostratas.
I checked it the other day and it has smooth leaf egdes.TimMAz6 wrote:one way to ID Y. rostrata is that the leaf edge may have tiny serrations, predominantly along the part of the leaf closest to the trunk. Do your seed grown rostratas have these tiny serrations? Also, the leaf edge is yellowish. If you have time please post some close up photos of your 'rostrata' plants/leaves.
I did not give them any protection, but they both should pull through if we get some warmer weather.Okanagan desert-palms wrote:Aaron I hope they make it. Did you use any protection? I`m going to protect mine till they get a little older.
John
Then there are some palms that take 2 years to die...Interesting how a plant will look good all winter then by late spring look like crap
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