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Hi!
I just wanted to share some pics of the first snow that fell this past monday & tuesday. I created a temporary shelter for my young yuccas who will be spending their first winter outdoors, they are a bit over 1 year old but have shown incredible growth so I just wanted to see who's tough for my garden. I have rostratas, glaucas and baccatas in the shelter, 3 of each but also in other parts of the garden unprotected and now full of snow, just in case none of my babies make it I have a backup of 3 plants for each species and I'm also growing new hybrids like elata X filamentosa which I already have 15 in pots and also karlsruhensis X glauca, karlsruhensis X elata and recurvifolia X arkansana hybrids so those that don't make it will be replaced by the new tougher hybrids....at the time of this writing it's 21 F outside but feels like 9F
This is my toughest yucca, yucca filamentosa, for the past 3 winters I've never protected it and has endured -30 C (-22F) for many nights
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The shelter I built has done a fine job for now but I realised it's not super solid & I had to clean the snow from the roof, I may replace the tarp with the super strong clear poly for greenhouses
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Good stuff! Interesting hybrids you have coming along. I've switched from overhead protection to just tieing the Yucca leaves together with twine, I think it protects the inner leaves from cold while preventing snow damage!
One thing, do you really find that filamentosa is your toughest Yucca? Here in Kingston, Ontario(zone 4b/5a), I find that filamentosa leaves can get beat up in the winter and show quite a bit of damage in cold years with little snow. Yucca glauca and even some more tender hybrids seem, IMO, to be better at dealing with the cold.
One thing, do you really find that filamentosa is your toughest Yucca?
Well, the little experience I had with my filamentosa is that it has proven to be quite hardy here in my garden, maybe y. glauca is the toughest in terms of coldness but from what I've heard doesn't tolerate humidity as much as filamentosa does, I remember my first year when I had my filamentosa I was watering it almost every day and I even added mulch so it could retain moisture! little did I know back then that they prefer not to be overwatered.......I hadn't had any major problems in spring aside from a few black spots on the leaves. I agree that hybrids is the way to go if you want the toughest yuccas so I'll just have to wait and see how my babies fare in the future
That yucca hill looks awesome, and they nice and comfy.
Shoshone Idaho weather
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Here's to all the global warming pushers, may your winters be -30 below and four feet of snow in your driveway. Because I want you happy.
-Aaron-
My old (yup...25 yrs or so) filamentosas are bulletproof.
Never protected and they receive snow, hail, rain, cold winds.
They always look worse after winter when there's been little snow.
Re your plastic roof...maybe a broomhandle stuck in the middle like a tent pole would make snow slide off.
I invert a small yogurt cup between the broomhandle and the plastic so it doesn't punch through.
I'm lucky to get enough snow to protect my filamentosa, snow is a free insulator
lucky1 wrote: your plastic roof...maybe a broomhandle stuck in the middle like a tent pole would make snow slide off.
I invert a small yogurt cup between the broomhandle and the plastic so it doesn't punch through.
Good idea, I've made some changes, a few weeks ago we had some very strong winds and it almost destroyed the shelter after that the tarp was replaced by the 12 mil clear poly which is super strong and the frame was made even more solid (thicker wood)
Happy new year to you and to everyone reading this post
