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Posted by Sheila Eldridge on Thursday, October 18, 2007 6:27 PM ADTHi: My neighbour gave me roots/tubors from a Yucca plant; he grows them outdoors and they are beautiful. I am not sure how to plant them and where. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I live in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia
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Posted by Nicole on Sunday, October 28, 2007 6:50 PM ADTThese are plants that belong in FULL sun and are drought tolerant after they are established. Planting them in well drained soil is critical, and the soil need not be rich. If you have a spot where there is sandy soil and full sun, then that's it! :O)
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Posted by margi dauvin on Wednesday, January 9, 2008 7:33 PM ASTLast summer I took my indoor yucca plant outside it was very hot and some of the leaves went yellowish,I brought it in the house early fall. It is now Jan and a lot of it is yellow I have had this plant for about 5 yrs. Can I cut all the leaves off and just leave the stock, will it grow shoots and survive? I live it Saskatoon Sask, Canada Thanks!
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Posted by teresa on Thursday, January 24, 2008 11:19 AM ASTI have two yucca plants that are very tall and I wonder if I can just lop off the tops and let them take their natural course. Can they be planted outdoors and left over the winter? I live in the Annapolis Valley in Nova Scotia. Thanks for any hints.
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Posted by Tom Black on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 12:15 PM ADTI live in Ontario and have many yuccas outside. They survive the winter very well but look terrible in the spring. Can I cut them back, and if so how far? Tom
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Posted by Ralph on Saturday, June 14, 2008 9:57 PM ADTI am told you need a male & female stock together if you want the Yucca to flower, how many years will it take to flower
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Posted by julie on Monday, July 7, 2008 7:58 PM ADTHi Ralph... I also have a yucca plant outside that I planted last year, northern Ontario, Marathon..... I was just trimming off the yellow leaves from the spring (I am a slow gardener) and noticed a large asparagus looking flower in the middle of the plant... I only have one plant, so no , you don't need the male and female to have flowers... Julie
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Posted by Alto on Saturday, July 19, 2008 3:43 PM ADTMine is finally blooming but it's full of ants. Are they needed to open the foliage the same as with the Peonies? -Bedford, Nova Scotia
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Posted by Tony Ogden on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 7:01 PM ADTWe have a Yucca outside that has done well and bloomed. Now we need to know if we cut back the stock growing in the centre or leave it alone?
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Posted by adela on Thursday, September 11, 2008 4:11 PM ADTI have two yucca plants in Ont. They both have only bloomed once. How often do they bloom? Do I just cut off the flower part after it has bloomed? Oh they are outdoors. Thanks
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Posted by Terry Eleveld on Friday, September 19, 2008 10:07 PM ADTI live in Southern Ontario. I have 3 yucca plants in my garden, and they do well. But I want to know when to cut back the flower stems. Fall or Spring?
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Posted by Kathy on Wednesday, April 8, 2009 7:50 PM ADTNeighbour just cut off their yucca right at the ground .. Is there a way of sticking the stem in ground and it grounding ?? Please and Thanks
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Posted by Normand Lacelle on Saturday, April 18, 2009 7:51 AM ADTI live in Otttwa and have 3 yuccas outside. They survive the winter very well but look terrible in the spring. Can I cut them back, and if so how far?
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Posted by sharon on Sunday, April 19, 2009 11:03 AM ADTdo I cut back the yucca plant in the spring to clean it up? I have never had this plant before and really don't know how to look after it Much Thanks
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Posted by Ronnie on Tuesday, April 21, 2009 6:32 PM ADTI live in central scotland and have a house based 10 year old yucca that gets placed outdoors until september.How low a temperature will they withstand and do they need flecced if left planted in permanant position?
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Posted by Lynda on Sunday, May 3, 2009 7:33 PM ADTI brought back a wild Yucca seed pod from Arizona and want to know if the seeds can be planted in the ground or do I have to do something to them first. It looks like the seeds have turned black.
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Posted by Barb on Sunday, May 3, 2009 9:51 PM ADTI have a business in Zone 5 in the Kawarthas in Ontario. The bed is used by the snow removal guy to store snow. The bed is dry and sandy. Will Yucca survive this much snow and possibly salt?
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Posted by Green thumbs on Sunday, June 21, 2009 9:58 AM ADTI have one yucca plant that a nice neighbor gave me and it gets morning sun and after 5 years there is finally a bloom on it!
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Posted by Ivy on Tuesday, July 14, 2009 12:18 AM ADTI've had a yucca plant outside in my perennial bed for nearly 10 years and I am very excited because it's going to bloom for the first time. The stalk is about 3 ft. tall and i check every day to see that it's doing o.k. I cut off the small shoots that appear in the spring and plant them somewhere else.
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Posted by matt gibson on Thursday, July 23, 2009 3:08 AM ADTi have had my yucca for about 8 years...ish, 5 weeks ago i noticed a little red stem in the middle....i kept watching over the next few weeks and i got a wonderful bunch of white flowers now they have died i'm just wondering what to do with the 3ft stem
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Posted by Chris on Friday, August 7, 2009 10:54 AM ADTI live in northern BC where it sometimes get to -35 degrees in the winter. Can I plant a yucca outside and leave it there all year round?
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Posted by carole on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 9:24 AM ADTThis year the yucca plants gave a beautiful large stem of white flowers. Do I cut off the stem now that it has stopped blooming and will it bloom again.
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Posted by Lisa Temple on Wednesday, September 2, 2009 3:53 PM ADTI have two Yukka plants, one in the back yard one in the front yard. In 5 years the plant in the back yard has flowered once and the plant in the front yard has never flowered. Do they normally flower every year? What do I need to do to get it to flower? Thank you
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Posted by Donna Hopkinson on Monday, September 7, 2009 6:11 PM ADTI have a Adam's Needle Yucco Plant - do I cut the tall stalk in the middle that flowers for the winter - now that the flowers are gone.
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Posted by glayan wujcik on Saturday, October 3, 2009 6:13 PM ADTi moved my yucca a fewyears ago i have 8 small ones growing from the old area when is the best time to relocate them
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Posted by carolyn wise on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 11:35 PM ASTSo what is the answer: What do I do to prepare the yucca--Adam's Needle--for winter in western Pennsylvania? Do I cut off the stalk that had flowered? Do I deadhead the entire foliage? ???
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Posted by jackie dodds on Thursday, January 21, 2010 4:53 PM ASTwe had a 30 degree few days here in texas and the tops of them have fallen over the bottom of tthe plants and the stems are very soft , what should i do
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Posted by Robert on Tuesday, August 10, 2010 6:23 PM ADTHow often do they flower? Are they biennials or should they flower every year?
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Posted by ivy west on Saturday, August 21, 2010 10:02 AM ADTI have an outdoor yucca plant, which blooms each year, a few years ago it had fourteen flowers on it, this year ithas 24, I have cut and used the creamy bless-like flower stems in a harvest festival arrangement, but is it possible to dry them at all, to use in a dried flower arrangement?
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Posted by sue on Tuesday, September 14, 2010 8:05 AM ADTi have had my yucca 3yrs that is now in flower could you tell me how often they flower and if i have to cut the stem when flowers die of plz
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Posted by anthony mccullough on Tuesday, September 14, 2010 6:51 PM ADTHi! yucca Owners( Beware When Deheading Outdoor YUCCA'S Hi! YUCCA PLANT OWNER'S. Beware when Dead- Heading Out- Door YUCCA'S. I waited 7yrs for my Plant to Flower and Finaly got a very nice FLOWER. However I did cut off the Flower (Big Mistake) this summer all I was left with was the STEM turning to SPONGE, No more FLOWERS THERE THEN!
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Posted by Gonzalo Moreno on Tuesday, October 12, 2010 11:37 PM ADTHow long a yucca plant lives? Anybody knows
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Posted by Matthew Ollendick on Thursday, October 14, 2010 11:10 AM ADTMany yucca varieties are hardy, even in northern climates where it might get below 0. you should not worry about cutting back the plant until spring, just before it begins to grow again. Leaving the foliage provides winter interest in your garden. The flower stalk may be cut off at any time, even if it is still blooming. Just make sure you use a sharp knife or pruners to make a clean cut. Foliage may be trimmed back as needed. The yucca is resilient and accepts pruning almost as a normal activity.
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Posted by V. Matthew on Tuesday, October 19, 2010 1:57 AM ADTWe live in the Milton, Ontario area, started with 2 yucca plants,now ten years later have so many we have to transplant them,cut dead leaves off the bottoms & dead stem (from flowers)in the spring, leave them alone and watch them go crazy, flower at least once a summer. Love lots of sun
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Posted by Melissa on Wednesday, March 30, 2011 10:23 PM ADTI have left two Yucca plants outside all winter and live in Oakville Ontario. The leaves are still green. Is there any chance for me to keep them alive now. I have a huge solarium and am wondering if I should prune them as suggested and wait until it gets warmer out to bring them back outside to thrive again...hopefully!
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Posted by Peg Lafferty on Sunday, May 8, 2011 10:56 PM ADTHI, I got a yucca plant from a friend and I don't know if I cut it back in the spring or leave it alone? Thanks! Peg
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Posted by Helen Gray on Saturday, May 28, 2011 1:59 PM ADTI live in Scotland and have 2 yucca's in the garden they do really well and thrive through the winter, over the past 5 yrs they have shot up a got 4ft, I do nothing with them to protect from weather. They withstood a -15 winter this time and one is actually flowering now.
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Posted by Kim on Friday, June 24, 2011 10:52 AM ADTI cut my bloom stalk back after there blooms have died off. Taking it all the way down to the plant. They bloom again every year. The seeds are very difficult to propagate. The best way to get a new plant is as easy as moving a small piece of the root. There amazing. It may take two seasons for them to start. You can move a baby plant too. I do it eary in the season when its not very hot. Dont worry if they look alittle ruff the first year. Moving a bigger plant can be a little touchy on a occassion they dont make it. But give them time they can very well bounce back the following year. You'll know early on if they've been compromised. Ive moved quite afew and only lost one. On the bigger plqants get as much of the root as you can. Good Luck an Yucca on. There great for counry town type ditches you have to mow. Just remember to keep them high enough out of the ditches for the city to dig as they do to keep the water flowing. \
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Posted by Bonnie Massie on Sunday, July 24, 2011 1:30 PM ADTI have two yucca plants. the first two years they both bloomed. Now the third year only one bloomed.How do I take care of them after they bloom, and what could have happened to the non blooming plant?
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Posted by cyndi on Sunday, July 24, 2011 10:10 PM ADThi there, I am looking for a yucca plant. I had one for over 10 years, but due to a very wet winter and spring it died. Is there a chance that anyone out there would be able to help me find another. I would really appreciate it . Thanks Cyndi
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Posted by Vinny on Saturday, July 30, 2011 7:26 PM ADTI bought a yucca for my first flat when i left my parents home ,that was in march 1988 and i still have it so it must be around 25yrs old :-)
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Posted by Jeanette Cornett on Tuesday, August 23, 2011 5:21 PM ADTI have Yucca plants at the enterance gate they are all falling down from age and the drougt we are having here in Texas . Will they grow back if i cut them down to the ground..
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Posted by Elaine Butterfield on Saturday, September 17, 2011 1:29 PM ADTI have a Yucca plant that has been an indoor plant for more than 10 years. It is about 4 ft tall and I would like to move the plant in the pot outdoors. I live in south west BC and our winters are not extreme, usually just wet. Would you recommend this?
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Posted by natalie on Sunday, October 9, 2011 11:45 PM ADTI have 2 Yucca plants, first year both bloomed. After it finished blooming, I cut the stem of one down and second year the one I cut, did not grow back, even though it lookes healthy.What could be the reason and can anything be done for it to start growing again?
