This video is about different types of yucca hardiness compared to cordylines. I’m trying to create a hardier tropical garden.
yuccas in video
aloifolia
rostrata
citrus twist
yucca filifera
aloifolia
yucca ? help if you know
cordylines in video
red star
green australis
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Surprisingly my yuccas have done very well this winter even though some of my oalms have spear pulled.
My 2 red cordylines, have had it, the one has spear pulled today, i think ill give the Yuccas a look at too, Thanks for the video!
The yucca's have the flowers too
Got a filifera and rostrata from Blue Nurseries too.
I was told the filifera needs really good drainage and you can probably get away with less drainage on the rostratas, Glorious and filementosa
Yuccas dont really suit my garden I cant find anywhere to put them, will be interesting to see how you can integrate them into your tiki style jungle garden
thanks Matt!
Yucca are way better than cordylines for our climat (i'm from belgium), the only "downside" is they are all green. Have you tried Phornium too? They are a good subtitutes for cordylines if you want some red or pink color.
All the yuccas you've bought do really well up here at 55°N Matt. Rostratas do great. Yucca gloriosa variagata have never shown any winter damage in 5 years here. I have a large filifera australis which again has had no issues with the winter. If I remember rightly you've got a couple of small Spanish Bayonet yuccas. These will show some frost damage on their leaves more easily than the other yuccas you have particularly given the size you have. This winter though despite it being the coldest for years they've done well here with no winter damage. In previous milder years when they were smaller however they had some fair damage after the winter that had to be cut off. Good luck with yours
5:47 – looks like Yucca filamentosa to me, similar hardiness to Gloriosa but wont trunk, stays low and just expands over time.
back to twig farming (growing deciduous exotics like big leaf magnolias and catalpa) and yuccas
being growing exotics since the 1980's and after a freeze people go back to yuccas and deciduous
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Would cactus mix be good for yucca rostrata? Or can you recommend a different mix?
Your plants are beautiful btw.