Yucca Faxoniana

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 7:15 pm

Here is a small yucca Faxoniana. It has done very little since 2003, but is planted in a very dry spot.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 4:53 pm

Hey everyone,
This a pic from a new member Kansas "Wes" He picked this nice yucca up for under $100. I think it is a Faxoniana, but not for sure. I think he spent his money well

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Kansas · Post by **Kansas** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 5:08 pm

Thanks so much for posting the pic buddy. I can't figure this computer stuff out

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 4:21 am

Yea....I still don't know much about the computer either

Wes North Van · Post by **Wes North Van** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 9:36 pm

Nice Yucca. That is a good deal have seen them here for over $200.00

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 5:20 pm

Here is that same yucca faxon. It has froze back a few times but is finally getting a little cold hardy.

Barrie · Post by **Barrie** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 9:55 am

Nice one Aaron! Obviously a tough Yucca. I have two seed grown that are currently in one gallon pots. I reckon I'll try 'em out in the garden some day.

Cheers, Barrie.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 12:04 pm

Dam...those are some nice one gallons. You sure know how to grow them Barrie.

Josef · Post by **Josef** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 8:25 am

Hi all
Here few pics my monster faxoniana.

Regards
Josef

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 9:48 am

Nice work guys.
No winter protection at all, Aaron?
Not even a cardboard box over it?

And look at Josef's !!!! gorgeous bloom.
So much for keeping the rosette dry, huh?

Barb

Josef · Post by **Josef** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 10:04 am

Hi
Now formed new head.

Josef

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 10:09 am

So a new (branched?) head formed from the flower stalk?
Barb

Josef · Post by **Josef** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 10:21 am

Hi
Yes,new/only one/head from the flower stalk.
Josef

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 11:01 am

Josef, thanks for the explanation (again).
Beautiful as always!
Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 12:06 pm

Josef....Very nice, that is awesome

Barb,
I do cover it in the winter with clear plastic. When it starts getting a tighter crown (more leaves) than I will leave it be.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 12:24 pm

Aaron, how do you keep the needle tips from punching through the plastic?
Nevertheless it certainly works for you.

Josef, here's a pic of Yucca rigida from Tropical Centre in the Netherlands.
We North Americans wish we had access to nurseries like this!

Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 6:17 pm

Barb, I use wooden stakes and then wrap the plastic around them.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 6:55 pm

Aaron,
How do you keep them from heating up during sunny cold days?
Or would that not harm them?
Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 4:20 am

I poke a hole near the top on 2 sides. This lets out very hot air and allows air movement so to prevent rotting.

I have seen someone use the cheap plastic storage containers, the simiclear ones that you can store shoes and stuff in from wallmart. They have had good success getting smaller plants through the winter, like catus, agaves, and smaller yuccas untill they get bigger and can live on thier own. Then when spring gets here they just stack them together and and put away until winter. I think I'm going to try this come winter.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 1:11 pm

Aaron,
The air holes would definitely be a good idea.
Thanks for letting me pick your brain.

And the idea about semi-clear plastic storage units is a good one.
Very creative.
Take some pics please as you install your winter protection.

Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 11:36 am

update
yucca faxon 18in

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 2:51 pm

Hey Aaron,

That's a beauty!
The well-placed rocks, plus the fence colour, show it off nicely.
Good microclimate too I bet.

Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 3:07 pm

Thanks Barb
I put it in the warmest spot I could find, right on the south side of the house.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Fri Mar 26, 2010 5:26 pm

Up date, I moved it away from the wall.
winter2010/09

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Fri Mar 26, 2010 5:54 pm

must be my eyes...looks like it's moved back to where it was

Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sat Mar 27, 2010 9:09 am

lucky1 wrote:must be my eyes...looks like it's moved back to where it was
Barb

The pic. was taken before I moved it. I will try and post a better updated pic.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sun Jul 04, 2010 6:09 pm

Better updated pic.

Faxon yucca, June 2010

BILL MA · Post by **BILL MA** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 7:12 am

Does that one get a trunk Aaron? I need to learn more about yuccas that will be a good winter project for me

Bill

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 10:07 am

BILL MA wrote:Does that one get a trunk Aaron? I need to learn more about yuccas that will be a good winter project for me

Bill

Yea, it get one of the biggest trucks in the yucca family. Here is some big ones in west Texas

Thats a 2 story building.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 3:28 pm

Nice to see it alive and well, Aaron.
Especially after your brutally cold Spring.

Congrats!

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 4:47 pm

lucky1 wrote:Nice to see it alive and well, Aaron.
Especially after your brutally cold Spring.

Congrats!

Kind of wierd, it did fairly good even though I lost a few other yuccas.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 4:55 pm

Aaron,
I think you mentioned you had little snow cover this winter (just like us).
That might have been the reason some didn't make it.

Those yuccas from west Texas that you posted...100 or 200 years old?
Judging from the speed of my yuccas growth

Barb

PS--did you manage to pop some of those Joshua Tree seeds?

Cowtown Palm Society · Post by **Cowtown Palm Society** » Tue Jul 06, 2010 6:48 pm

Nice work on the Yucca Faxoniana Aaron! That's a cool yucca. Which yucca species did you lose this winter? Sorry to hear about that.

I think it's time for some updated Idaho J-Tree pics!

Duncan

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 11:55 am

lucky1 wrote:Aaron,
I think you mentioned you had little snow cover this winter (just like us).
That might have been the reason some didn't make it.

Those yuccas from west Texas that you posted...100 or 200 years old?
Judging from the speed of my yuccas growth

Barb

PS--did you manage to pop some of those Joshua Tree seeds?

I think those yuccas could be 50years? Faxon grow real fast with a little water, after they form a trunk I guess you could get one to grow 10 feet in 10 years.

PS--I have no j-tree seed yet, but when I do I will share.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 12:04 pm

Sorry Aaron, I meant the Judas Tree seed package

Barb

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 2:30 pm

If it was as big as Josef's you'd never be able to see it grow anyway!

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 4:16 pm

lucky1 wrote:Sorry Aaron, I meant the Judas Tree seed package
Barb

Still waiting, none so far.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 4:23 pm

Cowtown Palm Society wrote:Nice work on the Yucca Faxoniana Aaron! That's a cool yucca. Which yucca species did you lose this winter? Sorry to hear about that.

I think it's time for some updated Idaho J-Tree pics!

Duncan

I lost some yucca rostrata, thompsoniana, and one yucca linerifolia.

I've been going to post some updates on the j-trees, but they barely got any new growth.

Maybe this weekend I will.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Thu Sep 02, 2010 8:20 pm

Up dated sept 2010

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 9:57 am

Check out these y. faxon. Marathon TX

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0vw9-X9-CM

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