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yucca nana
Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2010 5:30 pm
by DesertZone
I moved all my yucca nana into pots.
3/10
Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2011 4:39 am
by TimMAz6
those Y. nana are so cool! I wish they could grow in our climate.....they grow real slow and slowly die.......not sure why.
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2013 2:35 pm
by DesertZone
Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2013 7:08 pm
by TimMAz6
very nice Yuccas..........only wish they could grow here!
Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 11:24 am
by lucky1
Aaron, I sure like the look of yuccas in pots, especially the gorgeous nanas.
Are those metal pipes? or clay/chimney flue sections?
Did you put any soil in them, or is it all gravel for a growing medium?
Barb
Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 11:42 am
by DesertZone
Thanks,
They are planted in normal soil, and are in old propane tanks that burned in the fire. All I did was cut the tops of and cut slits in the bottom with a cut-off saw/gas powered metal saw.
If you want to try some next year let me know? I will send some that way. They grow fast with a little water, of course I don't give mine much.
Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 11:49 am
by lucky1
Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 11:52 am
by igor.glukhovtsev
DesertZone wrote:Yucca nana update, the big one flowered and died.
Aaron, do we have a chance seeing a picture of that flowering nana?
Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 10:17 pm
by DesertZone
igor.glukhovtsev wrote:DesertZone wrote:Yucca nana update, the big one flowered and died.
Aaron, do we have a chance seeing a picture of that flowering nana?
I don't have a pic of it in bloom but one almost in bloom.
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Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2013 9:32 am
by lucky1
So pretty, what a shame they die after flowering.
That's enough incentive to cut the flower stalk off.
Barb
Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2013 12:36 pm
by DesertZone
lucky1 wrote:So pretty, what a shame they die after flowering.
That's enough incentive to cut the flower stalk off.
Barb
I don't think they all die after blooming, the one in the pic is still alive. It is the one in the middle sized container, the top died but re-sprouted from the sides of the crown. And I think the one in the small container has bloomed also, but has not done anything else. If they do die, they resprout from the roots for the most part. Also I would only recommend these in containers because when you move them from one place to another they keep popping up from the roots, even though I think I got all roots from the soil.
Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2013 4:11 pm
by lucky1
Thanks for the clarification, Aaron.
Apart from looking really good in containers, glad blooming isn't fatal.
So you're saying they're borderline invasive?
Doubt I'd mind
How cool would that be...except on the driveway, etc.
Barb
Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2013 9:57 pm
by DesertZone
lucky1 wrote:
So you're saying they're borderline invasive?
Barb
No, because they don't spread around, but they are hard to remove. They are like a magic trick, once removed they magically reappear.
Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2013 1:13 pm
by lucky1
So like some other yuccas, picking the right place the first time is important.
..sure are pretty!
Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2013 3:21 pm
by DesertZone
lucky1 wrote:So like some other yuccas, picking the right place the first time is important.
..sure are pretty!
I think you will like them! But beware the leaves are sharp.
Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2013 4:49 pm
by lucky1
Doubt our constabulary will allow 'em across the border Aaron.
Far too gorgeous a yucca to risk that.
I'd be soooooo mad.
the leaves are sharp
I have some nice callouses where fingertips have healed from my other deadly-spike one.
Barb
Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2013 7:52 pm
by teebee
Barb,
I had 11 3 gal Agaves and a 2.5 foot Yucca Rostrata shipped across the boarder as long as there is no dirt there seems to be no problem.
Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2013 8:05 pm
by lucky1
Hi teebee,
I had heard that it works for Ontario's border crossings, even calling something "houseplant" seems to get them across.
Years ago, I ordered a bunch of stuff from the Plant Delights nursery in the Carolinas and had to get a phytosanitary certificate ($$$$), etc.
The nursery said it wouldn't work otherwise.
Apparently the BC border nazis are very very tough.
I wonder if we should do a "dry run" with some garden grass...I mean SOD, minus soil, ha ha.
That kind of grass anyway.
Just trying to save one of your nice seedlings, Aaron, from getting tossed into a garbage can.
Barb
Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2013 9:47 pm
by DesertZone
I will ship some and see what happens.
I have had no problems before.
Posted: Sat Oct 19, 2013 7:42 am
by teebee
Barb,
Want me to act as a broker for the shipment?
Posted: Sat Oct 19, 2013 8:03 am
by lucky1
Thanks Aaron, hope it works.
Teebee, thanks but we'll try it without brokerage for now.
Barb