Yucca elata

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 8:09 pm

Yucca elata review.
http://unkowndestination.blogspot.com/2 ... elata.html

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Mon Aug 20, 2012 11:14 am

Aaron, thanks for posting the review link.

Agree with you entirely that the crown has a tropical look.
So very delicate looking compared to the coarseness of some yuccas like filamentosa.

Glad those fires haven't gotten closer to you.
It must be tough to control a fire on the windswept plains areas.
Frightening that a fire can move so quickly.

Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Mon Aug 20, 2012 4:06 pm

Thank you Barb. Always nice when the fires are somewhere other than my yard. Of cource I don't want to see any fires anywhere, unless it's my camp fire.

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Sun Oct 14, 2012 6:29 pm

Hi Aaron,

those are some nice Y. elatas. Y. elata is one of my favorites too. It has been rock hardy in my wet climate.

Mine is 12 years old from seed but has 3 feet of clear trunk now. Do we have different ecotypes or is it our excess moisture??

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sun Oct 14, 2012 9:04 pm

TimMAz6 wrote:Hi Aaron,

Mine is 12 years old from seed but has 3 feet of clear trunk now. Do we have different ecotypes or is it our excess moisture??

I think it the moisture and maybe the soil. I don't water mine after they start growing on their own. Also I noticed after I moved one to one of my sand and gravel hills it started growing much faster! As did all the yuccas I moved.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sun Feb 03, 2013 2:03 pm

My Y. elata that flowered last year, look at it now.

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Sun Feb 03, 2013 5:25 pm

a double head forming? Great.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sun Feb 03, 2013 7:40 pm

And I love the mass of filaments.
Gorgeous.

Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sun Feb 03, 2013 9:20 pm

lucky1 wrote:And I love the mass of filaments.
Gorgeous.

Barb

Me too.

Some winter burn showing up on some of my Y. elatas.

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Mon Feb 04, 2013 9:03 am

you must have had some brutal wind chill factors to burn an established elata.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Mon Feb 04, 2013 9:24 am

I hope that beauty will be OK, Aaron.

Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Mon Feb 04, 2013 11:32 am

lucky1 wrote:I hope that beauty will be OK, Aaron.

Barb

Thanks Barb, it will be ok.

That one has died to the ground several times, all my elatas have died to the ground several times.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Mon Feb 04, 2013 11:34 am

TimMAz6 wrote:you must have had some brutal wind chill factors to burn an established elata.

Yes, the wind can get bad here. Not good on the yuccas.

andym · Post by **andym** » Mon Feb 04, 2013 11:39 am

Its one Yucca (one of many) that I don't have. I had my eyes on a five headed specimen with over four feet of trunk. Cost was high though.. over €550. That and a large untrimmed Rostrata. Decision day arrived and I thought go for it... only to find the Tropical Centre had removed all their Yuccas for sale

They are now doing Plant auctions which is not really any good for me.
Aaron that is serious burn. There is something to be said for living in a benign climate like mine.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Thu Jun 20, 2013 4:23 pm

andym wrote:Its one Yucca (one of many) that I don't have. I had my eyes on a five headed specimen with over four feet of trunk. Cost was high though.. over €550. That and a large untrimmed Rostrata. Decision day arrived and I thought go for it... only to find the Tropical Centre had removed all their Yuccas for sale They are now doing Plant auctions which is not really any good for me.
Aaron that is serious burn. There is something to be said for living in a benign climate like mine.

I hope you find a cheaper one and try it, it would be cool to see how they do there.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Thu Jun 20, 2013 4:27 pm

My oldest and largest elata is flowering, this I did not want to see.

Takes much from the growth from the yucca.

I will try and get some seeds from this soaptree, and maybe pass them on to people.

marceli · Post by **marceli** » Tue Jun 25, 2013 12:12 am

+1 for seeds

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Wed Jun 26, 2013 4:44 pm

marceli wrote:+1 for seeds

If I get some, you will get some.

marceli · Post by **marceli** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 6:04 am

DesertZone wrote:
marceli wrote:+1 for seeds
If I get some, you will get some.

Can't wait now - is totally your fault

You think they are hardy enough for my place? Always thought they are not, so never bought any elata seeds.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 9:17 am

[quote="marceliCan't wait now - is totally your fault

You think they are hardy enough for my place? Always thought they are not, so never bought any elata seeds.[/quote]

I think they should be hardy there. My seeds should be hardier then the ones from the wild.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 8:20 pm

Almost 11' tall.
I can only reach 9 feet tall, so I hope I can reach a flower or two.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 9:13 pm

Aaron, that's fabulous!
11 feet...wow.

Good you don't have huge windstorms.

Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Thu Jul 11, 2013 6:14 am

lucky1 wrote:Aaron, that's fabulous!
11 feet...wow.

Good you don't have huge windstorms.

Barb

Thanks.

It's very strong, it held up to a 65 mph wind on the 4th.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Thu Jul 11, 2013 12:01 pm

65 mph...wow.
Just shy of bamboo

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Fri Jul 12, 2013 12:40 pm

lucky1 wrote: 11 feet...wow.

Barb

I was bit off, I went and measured it last night. 10'3"

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Fri Jul 12, 2013 12:47 pm

haha, your ladder's too short.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Fri Jul 12, 2013 5:28 pm

lucky1 wrote:haha, your ladder's too short.

marceli · Post by **marceli** » Sat Jul 13, 2013 12:31 am

So, the size does matter

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sat Jul 13, 2013 9:08 am

marceli wrote:So, the size does matter

andym · Post by **andym** » Tue Jul 16, 2013 5:41 pm

I planted my Yucca Elata in the spring time and I've just noticed a thin strappy flower shoot

Apologies.... only night shots

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Wed Jul 17, 2013 3:17 pm

Andy, how nice!

Will look forward to seeing its flowers.

Barb

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Wed Jul 24, 2013 6:43 pm

how do the Yucca blooms look now?.......Aaron & Andy your blooms look great!

Henoh_Croatia · Post by **Henoh_Croatia** » Thu Jul 25, 2013 12:39 am

Nice bloom, try to hand pollinate your elata.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Thu Jul 25, 2013 11:35 am

Henoh_Croatia wrote:Nice bloom, try to hand pollinate your elata.

I tried on a couple, but I don't think I did a good job. Only time will tell.

I've been so busy I almost don't get to go outside anymore.

It is now over 11' tall

Over 5' of bloom (5'2")

andym · Post by **andym** » Thu Jul 25, 2013 1:02 pm

Aaron.... that's a lovely flower spike... mine has turned out a damp squid and I'm not sure that it will actually flower, which is a shame as a Linearifolia near it is about to flower
Close up of flower spike on Elata

Yucca Linearifolia about to flower

Sorry pictures on their side again

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Thu Jul 25, 2013 8:48 pm

Keep us posted, that is one crasy looking flower stalk.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Thu Aug 06, 2015 12:52 pm

Second year in a row this one has flowered. (I looked back in my records and this may have skipped a year before blooming again.)

marceli · Post by **marceli** » Sun Aug 09, 2015 4:37 am

Aaron, I love that photo! Stunning!

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sun Aug 09, 2015 11:21 am

marceli wrote:Aaron, I love that photo! Stunning!

Thank you.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Fri Oct 02, 2015 6:03 pm

And these next two are the same elata, front and back.