yucca aloifolia survival

damir · Post by **damir** » Sun Feb 19, 2012 2:54 am

i am very glad to report that my 3 yucca aloifolia survived -25 C. till now there is no any damage. -25 C was lowest temp this winter, few weeks ago. it surprised me, cause it's said is not much hardy from experience of growers. plants were not protected,left outdoor first year, i wonered will maybe one of this 3 survive. since lots of aloifolias die at temps of -10C and lower. mine were covered with snow, maybe that helped.

cameron, the same seeds i sent you have same genetics as mine

left to right: t.fortunei, y.aloifolia,cupressus sempervirens,y.recurvifolia

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sun Feb 19, 2012 8:28 am

Wow, damir, it had to be snow depth that protected them.
Very good news.

That Trachy's bud was unprotected too?

Is it facing south?

Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sun Feb 19, 2012 8:29 am

Sounds like good news, please keep us updated.

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Sun Feb 19, 2012 8:45 am

Hi Damir,

great news the Y. aloifolia are still alive. -25C would kill them. Where did you get the seed? I would assume the coldest nights were around when the Y. aloifolias were snow covered. Do your aloifolias have a serrated leaf edge (small teeth along the edge of the leaves)? This trait will confirm the seed was not hybrid. I've seen others grow Y. aloifolia seed only for the seedlings be hybrids with some other hardy Yucca.

Cameron_z6a_N.S. · Post by **Cameron_z6a_N.S.** » Sun Feb 19, 2012 3:32 pm

Great work, Damir! I am going to be sowing those seeds this season!

If you PM me your address, I can send you a few more types of seed.

damir · Post by **damir** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 1:43 am

TimMAz6 wrote:Hi Damir,

great news the Y. aloifolia are still alive. -25C would kill them. Where did you get the seed? I would assume the coldest nights were around when the Y. aloifolias were snow covered. Do your aloifolias have a serrated leaf edge (small teeth along the edge of the leaves)? This trait will confirm the seed was not hybrid. I've seen others grow Y. aloifolia seed only for the seedlings be hybrids with some other hardy Yucca.

i got the seeds from dalmatia, zadar. and yes it was snow cowered when it was -25C. i will look and take pic of leaf edge and post it here. since aloifolia is the only one yucca specie that produce seeds without yucca moth, i dont see any other specie included. and we dont have here yucca moth.

cameron, i sent you a message.

canadianplant · Post by **canadianplant** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 3:53 am

Damir, I was wondering how you made it through the cold spell!

Grats on the yucca! Im glad you got that snow!

They cypruss looks ok, but that trachy looks a bit angry lol. Maybe PM jim, and see what he has to say about it. Either way it will be a great experiment.

The recent cold in europe has got me thinking, how are those bulgarian trachys holding up through all of this? Anyone know?

igor.glukhovtsev · Post by **igor.glukhovtsev** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 6:11 am

Here is a pic, taken by a Bulgarian guy, who is a good friend of Mr.Donov. The same location (Plovdiv area)

For more information please visit this place in the Net: http://myflora.org.ua/forum/viewtopic.p ... &start=480

canadianplant · Post by **canadianplant** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 6:15 am

wow... its ALIVE???!?!?

igor.glukhovtsev · Post by **igor.glukhovtsev** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 6:17 am

I don't think so.... Need a couple of more month to be sure.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 7:00 am

To risk losing such a beauty is sad indeed, Igor.

igor.glukhovtsev · Post by **igor.glukhovtsev** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 7:06 am

The Bulgarian guy promises keep us updated what will be going on with this palm.

canadianplant · Post by **canadianplant** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 7:06 am

I dont think that palm has seen that cold for that long in its life....... IF it makes it it would make his palms more famous!

damir · Post by **damir** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 9:36 am

trachycarpus bulgaria should be the cold hardest trachy. but, not all bulgarias have same cold hardiness. i have 2 seedlings of bulgaria, that will be planted outdoor when it will have small trunk. in few years from now. takil is a good candidate for experimenting. i have some seeds from alexander. we'll see in future how cold hardy it really is. it would be good to make a hybride between this 2 species bulgaria X takil.

i am bit surprised by my aloifolia that survived this winter. i think, till now it looks very well. if it starts to grow in spring it is alive, but still till now didnt show any damage,like rotten spear,spots at leaves....

Cameron_z6a_N.S. · Post by **Cameron_z6a_N.S.** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 11:19 am

Igor, thanks for the update on the Bulgarians. If these palms survive, I'll definitely have to get some seeds from Kiril next season!

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