15 gallon Yucca rostrata arrived!

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 1:52 pm

So it grows when handled?

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 8:06 pm

Aaron, it oughta be a foot taller tomorrow then.

The poor thing.
Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 4:16 am

Sounds like it is in good hands.

Okanagan desert-palms · Post by **Okanagan desert-palms** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 9:18 pm

Barb I think you did the right thing by waiting till next spring to plant it. At least you`ll get a good nights sleep until next winter.

John

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 9:22 pm

John, that's it exactly...my peace of mind.

At what temp/where are you keeping your 15 gallon rostratas?
In the garage?

As soon as temps drop to below freezing, mine will go inside the barely-heated building (kept at 45 F).

Barb

Okanagan desert-palms · Post by **Okanagan desert-palms** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 10:06 pm

Barb they will be kept in my workshop with heat and lighting kept about 50f. I hope not to use any heat until Jan? I`ll have some pics soon.

John

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 8:14 am

Will look forward to seeing your pics.
Barb

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Tue Dec 23, 2008 11:40 am

Barb,be carefull not to let it get to much water in spring as soil temps will be lower than when you tried this past fall,once the soil warms up you can give it a good soaker.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Dec 23, 2008 4:33 pm

Will do, Jim, thanks for the tip.
Barb

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Wed May 13, 2009 4:52 pm

Finally in the ground, hopefully for good.

With its two heads, it'll be gorgeous one day.

But the yucca filamentosa took a beating this winter!
Glad I didn't lose them, but there's a lot of winter damage:

Barb

Post by **Jay-Admin** » Wed May 13, 2009 7:56 pm

Awesome! Two heads are better than one.

Keep us posted as it grows up.

-Jay

Josef · Post by **Josef** » Wed May 13, 2009 10:24 pm

Hi Barb
I agree with Aaron.This is not rostrata.
This is rigida !!!!!!!!!! 100%
Regards
Josef

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Thu May 14, 2009 10:18 am

I'd better look up rigida to learn its hardiness.
Almost lost an eye planting this thing! Ouch.

Hope it can handle our brutally cold winters (-27 C) in a leaf cage with styrofoam.
Otherwise it'll be a goner.

Thanks!
Barb

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Thu May 14, 2009 10:23 am

Re rigida: there are no yellow margins or tiny teeth on my specimen.
OOPS! YES IT DOES HAVE A YELLOW MARGIN ON EACH SIDE OF LEAF, BUT NO TEETH.

Yucca rigida is in general a single trunked species, but occasionally it forms multiple trunks growing up to 4-5m height. The beautiful light blue stiff leaves are 30-70 cm long and are 1,2 to 2 cm wide, but in cultivation they can reach 120 cm in length, ending in a stiff dark brown spine. The leaves are also lined with a yellow margin and very tiny teeth.

http://www.tropicalcentre.com/yucca/yuc ... rigida.htm

I'll take a close-up picture soon.
Barb

Josef · Post by **Josef** » Thu May 14, 2009 10:51 am

Hi Barb
I know !! Ihave more rostratas blue forms,green forms,cross with rigida,cross with thompsoniana.
This is 200% rigida.
Regards
Josef

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Thu May 14, 2009 11:21 am

Here's the close-up:

As Y. rigida, it's not as cold hardy as Y. rostrata.

Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Thu May 14, 2009 7:42 pm

Looks awesome barb.

Okanagan desert-palms · Post by **Okanagan desert-palms** » Fri May 15, 2009 5:37 pm

Barb nice to see it planted looks great. Here is a web site with some nice pics and info.http://www.mswn.com/Plant%20Info%20Shee ... rigida.pdf Looks to be a solid zone 6. I still have 4 15 gal Y. blue rigida $225.00 ea for sale and lots of palms as well so anyone coming to the Okanagan can pm me.

John

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