Yucca garden planting in autumn and outdoor care

The experience of growing yucca in Russia has more than a hundred years. But if at the end of the 19th century plants adorned the park ensembles of palaces, today planting and caring for yucca, in the photo, is carried out even on personal plots and in city squares.

The plant, which naturally occurs in the subtropical and tropical zone of the American continent, with all its exotic appearance, turned out to be not so capricious. The yucca semi-deserts, accustomed to the arid climate with sharp temperature drops, were able to acclimatize even in the middle zone. True, transferring only slight frosts in the open field, the plants need good shelter for the winter. And in the southern regions of the country, they are often grown without any restrictions. Two types are suitable for planting and caring for yucca outdoors. This is a filamentous yucca, so named for the long fibers hanging from the edges of the tough foliage, and the yucca is glorious. The first type prevails in Russian plantings, since it is more winter hardiness.

The large evergreen plant is easily recognizable by its pointed, lanceolate leaves forming a dense rosette. With a width of 3–6 cm, the length of one leaf plate can reach 50–70 cm. As it grows, the lower rows of leaves fade, and when they dry up, they sag, forming a kind of skirt around the trunk. If the garden yucca is in good conditions, does not freeze and does not suffer from waterlogging, it blooms every year. Powerful peduncles up to 1.5–2 meters cannot be overlooked. And when from 80 to 150 white, yellowish or pink bells with a diameter of up to 6 cm open on them, the type of yucca boggles the imagination of any gardener.

How to plant a yucca?

Yucca is unpretentious and hardy. She is not afraid of drought, heat and wind, but the main enemy of the plant is waterlogging and heavy soils, where there is a risk of moisture stagnation.

To simplify the care of the garden yucca, in the photo, planting is carried out in a well-ventilated, sunny place. When choosing a site for an exotic beauty, you should avoid the lowlands and corners of the garden with thick shade. The long stay of partial shade leaves a mark on the external appearance of the culture. The leaves lose their former density, the trunk is pulled out. As a result, the plant looks rather sloppy even when given full care.

Yucca has no special requirements for the composition of the soil. The main thing is that the roots receive enough air, and the water does not linger in the soil. Therefore, before planting yucca, sand is added to the substrate for filling the pit in areas with dense black soil or clay. A drainage layer is needed at the bottom, and humus is added to the substrate to provide nutrition, especially on poor soils.

Despite the unpretentiousness of the culture, it will not work at all to do without leaving after planting yucca in the open field.

How to care for a garden yucca flower?

After planting, the plants need very moderate watering, sanitization, which consists in removing dead foliage and wilted flower stalks, rare dressing and pruning.

Watering is carried out at the root, trying not to flood the core of the outlet, since the water remaining here for a long time is the main reason for crown decay and the need for cardinal pruning of the yucca.

As a rule, garden yucca is rarely affected by pests or diseases and, with a good shelter, winters well even in the Moscow region. So that the roots of the plant breathe more actively, and the moisture remaining under the dense rosette does not cause rotting of the lower leaves and roots, the space under the garden yucca is regularly loosened, simultaneously removing weeds and fallen leaf plates.

If the place for the culture was initially chosen incorrectly, the plant up to three years of age can be transferred to another, more suitable site.

How to transplant a yucca? Although the plant belongs to evergreen crops, for the winter its biological processes freeze, and the new growing season begins only in spring. This time is used for transplanting garden yucca, the care of which in such a situation is sometimes complicated by painful addiction to a new place of residence. When transferring a bush, it is important to try to preserve the entire root system of the plant, preventing it from drying out. To do this, when transplanting, use any means to moderately moisturize the roots of dug plants.

The transplanted specimens are not fed for about a month, and the rest of the yucca in the garden must be fertilized in the spring and then in the summer, before flowering and after the inflorescences wither.

At 3-4 years old, yucca bloom for the first time, and the racemose inflorescence retains its decorative effect for about a month. Feeding with complex formulations with a predominance of nitrogen will help to maintain the strength of the plant. Fertilization is stopped a month before the onset of autumn coolness. This will allow the yucca to prepare for winter and survive the cold weather successfully.

Shelter for a garden yucca for the winter

Plants tolerate sudden snow falling out in autumn or spring without loss, the main thing is that it melts within a couple of days. But stable cold weather and snowless winters are deadly for garden yucca.

First of all, the growth point in the core of the outlet suffers from frost, and then the vegetative root system. A frame shelter, representing a spacious box as high as an adult plant, helps to protect the culture.

Before covering the foliage, the yucca are collected up and tightly wrapped with a strong cord. Then the plant is covered with a box on top and abundantly sprinkled with spruce branches or fallen leaves. The entire structure is wrapped with a covering material and secured with tape. Checking the stability of the structure. In this form, the plant will spend the winter without problems, it will be especially comfortable under a layer of snow.

You can remove the frame and remove the foliage with the arrival of stable positive temperatures. If you are late with the "release of the captive" there is a danger of mold and decay due to the activation of respiration and the beginning of the growing season of the plant inside the enclosed space.

How to propagate yucca?

Although with proper care after planting, the garden yucca, as in the photo, blooms, it will not work to wait for its seeds in the middle lane. How to propagate garden yucca? There are several ways to get young independent plants. Most often, daughter rosettes are used, which are formed at the base of an adult bush. It is better to take layers with an already developed own root system. This will speed up acclimatization and allow plants to quickly develop in a new location.

Daughter outlets are easily detached when transplanting garden yucca, while caring for them is no different from what other plants receive. At the same time, do not forget that the cut sites are most susceptible to all kinds of infections and pest attacks. Therefore, they are slightly dried and sprinkled with crushed coal or cinnamon powder.

During a spring transplant, several cuttings from 5 to 10 cm long can be cut from a healthy strong root. They are treated with coal and planted in a greenhouse, lightly sprinkled with a wet sand-peat mixture. In this case, the formation of sprouts occurs due to dormant buds.

Another way that allows not only to rejuvenate a plant that has grown and lost its compactness, but also to propagate an exotic guest, is pruning. How to make yucca more fluffy and get quality planting material?

How to prune a yucca?

It is best to prune the plant in spring, when it has just been freed from winter shelter. Since the yucca has only one growth point, by cutting off the stem, the gardener completely stops its vertical development. And yet the life of the flower will not freeze, the buds sleeping on the stem will wake up and give several new outlets.

Pruning is a great way to rejuvenate the flower, get strong garden yucca seedlings, and save rot or frost-affected specimens.

Before cutting the yucca, water the plant a couple of days before the operation. The cut is made with a very sharp, clean knife so that:

• in its place there were no splits of the stem, damage or detachment of the bark;
• it fell 8 - 10 cm below the foliage growth line.

When the places of the cuts dry out a little, they, both on the hemp and on the top, are treated with fungicide and charcoal powder.

The top of the hemp remaining to the ground after pruning the yucca can be covered with garden var, which will provide long-term reliable protection in the garden.

On an old plant, covered from the scorching sun, sprouts will appear newer in 2-3 weeks. If the yucca is strong, 3 to 5 buds are left on the hemp. Small specimens will not be able to support the growth of more than two young tips.

The old top is not thrown away, but used to plant a garden yucca, the care of which differs little in the situation when daughter sockets are transferred to the ground. True, before this, the seedling needs to be rooted. It is best to do this in a greenhouse, keeping an eye out for condensation to form and keeping an eye on the moderate moisture content of the sandy substrate.

Yucca filamentous - video

We present the best tips for planting and caring for yucca garden outdoors. We will tell you about the peculiarities of outdoor cultivation: choice of location, feeding, transplanting, reproduction, pruning and flowering. As well as caring for a flower in the fall and how to prepare it for winter.

Planting yucca garden

In the open field, the following types of yucca are most often grown: filamentous (filamentous), gray and glorious. The first species successfully overwinters in the conditions of the Moscow region and central Russia, while the other two are grown mainly in the Crimea and the Caucasus.

Plants, due to their exotic appearance, look festive anywhere in the garden or group of plants.

The flower can also be grown as a pot culture in indoor conditions (elephant and aloe leaf). They can often be seen in shopping malls and offices.

SELECTING A LOCATION

The plant is unpretentious to care for, the most important thing is to plant it correctly and a minimum of attention will be required for the whole summer. The flower grows well and feels in an open, sunny place, but in some cases it also tolerates partial shade well.

• It is better to choose a place for planting garden yucca on a small slope, sunny, but with partial shade in the midday heat, and well ventilated, but without drafts.

Do not plant in lowlands or in places with dense shade, such conditions will negatively affect the appearance of the plant. With a lack of light, his leaves turn yellow and fall off.

LANDING

Yucca is planted in spring, before active growth begins and when night temperatures are consistently above +10 degrees, or from mid-August to early September. The soil should contain sand, leafy and sod soil, and humus (to add nutrients).

A flower can grow in almost any land, the main thing is that the root system has access to air.If you want to plant a plant where there is dense black soil or clay, then add sand to the soil mixture, and arrange gravel drainage at the bottom of the pit.

The flower grows well and often feels in one place for 15-20 years.

How to plant garden yucca correctly?

The size of the dug hole should be approximately twice the diameter of the root system, the bush is planted exactly in the center. After covering the roots with soil, gently tamp it so that there are no air cushions, and pour a small amount of settled water.

Planting yucca in open ground after purchase

Experts advise not to plant it right away, but to harden it first. Take the plant outside and increase the length of stay: the first 3-4 days by 1-2 hours in the afternoon, the next 4-5 days by 3-4 hours, and then 4-5 days by 5-6 hours. Then the bush can be planted in the country.

Yucca: growing and care in the open field - watering and feeding

With top dressing and watering - the main thing is to avoid oversupply. With excessive watering, the roots begin to rot, and with insufficient watering, the leaves curl, and the threads droop and hang (in yucca filamentous filamentous). With proper watering, the flower has straightened leaves with twisted threads.

The first two years of life, it is fertilized with a complex mineral fertilizer for succulents in May (before the start of active vegetation) and after flowering. In the 3rd year, when the root system is well developed, it will be possible to feed with organic fertilizers.

Adult flowers are best fed in mid-spring (April) with liquid organic fertilizer. In early June, a handful of superphosphate is poured around the trunk, after watering or rain, fertilizers are supplied to the roots and stimulate the formation of flower arrows and buds.

How to transplant garden yucca correctly?

Transplanting is done mainly to divide and plant an overgrown bush (also see reproduction by dividing the bush). Since the plant can grow well for 15-20 years with good care without changing the place. Up to 3 years of age, it can be transplanted to a better location with minimal risk.

Subtleties of transplant

• The roots can grow up to 60-70 cm in length. Therefore, they dig deeply and carefully around the bush so as not to harm them.
• Choose a landing place according to our recommendations.
• After transplanting, street yucca is best fed after 14-16 days with complex fertilizer.
• It usually blooms in a year.

When is the best and best time to transplant yucca?

A flower transplant should be done in the spring or late summer (from August to early September).

Reproduction of yucca garden

The plant is propagated by seeds or vegetatively. In natural conditions, flowers are pollinated with the help of butterflies from the Pronuba family, but in our climatic conditions they do not live.

By the way, the process of growing yucca from seeds is very laborious and long: they are harvested in August, sown in February, and only two years later, in April-May, it will be possible to plant seedlings in open ground.

DIVISION OF THE BRUSH (ROOT SLEEPERS)

A simple and effective way to propagate street yucca when transplanting.

1. An overgrown flower must be dug out from mid-April to early May or from mid-August to early September, and the shoots with roots and shoots must be separated.
2. Young plants are planted in a permanent place and watered. They need more careful care: protect from the bright rays of the sun, water gently and feed after rooting.

As a rule, the offspring are seated every 3-4 years.

STEM SHUTCHES

The best time for breeding is spring. Strong, but medium-sized apical shoots (the top of the stem) are used as cuttings. The larger the cut, the worse it takes root.

1. A healthy shoot (a small crown of the stem) is cut at an acute angle, sprinkled with crushed charcoal or activated carbon over the cut site. Remove excess leaves (leave 4-5 on a large sample) and dry for 15-20 minutes in the shade.
2. Then the cutting is planted in a moist soil substrate at a distance of 3-4 cm from each other and to a depth of 5-7 cm, and covered with glass / film on top.
3. Rooting works best in light, nutritious and sandy soil at room temperature. Keep the potting soil moist. After rooting the cuttings, plant them in the ground.
4. Young flowers are left to winter in a greenhouse, but from above they are additionally insulated with leaves.

PART OF THE BARREL (ROOT CUTTINGS)

In order to propagate the yucca with the street part of the trunk, there must be dormant buds on it.

1. Prepare your potting mix. Cut off a part of the flower stem with dormant buds (at least 10 cm in length), lay horizontally on a damp ground and press lightly into it.
2. Spray part of the trunk a little daily.
3. After about 10-20 days, dormant buds will wake up, and young shoots will grow in their place.
4. Then the trunk of the palm tree is removed and cut into separate pieces with shoots. The cut points are sprinkled with charcoal powder and dried in the shade for 15-20 minutes.
5. Each part with a shoot is planted in the ground.

How to prune a yucca correctly?

Pruning is a great way to rejuvenate an old plant and create strong seedlings for your garden or home. It is also used to rescue frostbitten or rotted flowers.

A favorable time for pruning is spring, when they have already been freed from the winter shelter. Since there is only one growth point, then when the stem is trimmed, its further growth stops accordingly. After that, dormant buds will wake up on the stem and after a while new rosettes with leaves will appear.

1. Two days before pruning, the yucca is watered. Cut the trunk with a clean knife with a sharp blade so that the bark does not peel off at the cut site, 7-9 cm lower than the level of leaf growth.
2. After drying (10-15 minutes) - sprinkle the places of the cuts with fungicide and finely ground charcoal. The top of the mother plant remaining in the soil is covered with garden varnish to provide good protection against disease and rot. The flower must be transferred to a less lit place or shaded.
3. After a couple of weeks, young shoots will begin to appear on it. A strong and healthy flower leaves 3-5 shoots. Small garden yuccas can withstand the growth of a maximum of two tops.

The trimmed top can be rooted in the same way as cuttings in a greenhouse or a greenhouse with a sandy substrate. After rooting, it can be transplanted to a permanent place.

Yucca filamentous "Bright edge"

Blooming and why does not yucca bloom?

Adult yucca blooms with beautiful white flowers with a creamy yellow or golden hue, they resemble bells in shape. Quite a large number of them are located on one leg, due to which the plant has excellent decorative properties.

A multi-flowered panicle, from 0.5 m to 2.5 m long, emerges from the center of the leaf rosette. It usually stands upright, but it can sink under the weight of the flowers. A plant that has grown in a garden with enough warmth and sunshine will delight you with its abundant flowering.

What year does yucca bloom?

The plant usually blooms in the 2-3rd year (sometimes in the 1st). The flowering period lasts a very long time - up to three weeks and falls in June-July.

Why doesn't it bloom?

• Yucca most often cannot bloom due to the cold winter, if its aboveground part is damaged by frost.
• It is not uncommon for it to bloom in the 4-5th year after planting.
• Often the bush does not bloom due to lack of light when planted in partial shade.

Yucca filamentous (filamentous)

Autumn and winter care

Garden yucca is considered quite frost-resistant, it really tolerates snow that falls in autumn or spring, without visible losses, but only if it melts in 2-3 days. In general, it can withstand temperatures as low as -15 degrees.

And constant cold and winter without snow are deadly for the plant.Therefore, it is necessary to insulate it before the onset of winter frosts, especially specimens up to 2-3 years old. Frosts are more dangerous for the growing point (the core of the rosette), since the roots are more resistant and better protected.

How to cover the garden yucca for the winter?

1. In late October - early November, in dry weather, press the leaves to the crown around the trunk ("bunch / tail") and carefully pull the twine / tape along the entire length. It will turn out to be a kind of column. So we will protect the top of the plant from freezing, and the leaves from mechanical damage.
2. Next, wrap the flower in a thick cloth, burlap or agrofiber and put on a wooden box without a bottom on top.
3. Pour dry leaves, spruce branches or sawdust on top and on all sides of the box. If there is no box, then put branches or boards that will press the leaves to the ground and prevent the wind from blowing them away.
4. Next, cover the structure with the plant with foil and fix it securely. This shelter will allow you to preserve the yucca in winter as it will not allow moisture from the outside and has an air cushion inside.
5. Young specimens are more sensitive to excess moisture in winter. Therefore, in early spring it is better to remove excess snow. In the spring, with the onset of stable heat, the structure is disassembled. As young leaves begin to grow, last year's old yellowed ones are cut with pruning shears.

• By the way, even in the conditions of the Moscow region and central Russia, street yucca successfully winters in such a shelter. In the south of Russia, you can do without serious shelter, it is enough to complete the first three points.

When to open yucca after winter?

In the spring (mid to late March), remove the winter shelter from the yucca and scoop up the dry leaves. Then cover with burlap and remove after stable heat (early April).

The approximate dates for the Moscow region are indicated.

Possible growing problems

Sometimes pests (whiteflies, mealybugs, spider mites, slugs or scale insects) attack the yucca. Read how to deal with them in the general article: PEST CONTROL - DRUGS AND PREPARATIONS.

High air humidity and damp earth contribute to the development of diseases. See - MOST POPULAR DISEASES WITH PHOTOS AND TITLES... Of these, the palm is more often affected by stem rot due to excessive watering and improperly prepared soil.

1. Brown leaf tips appear due to cold drafts or dry air.
2. Brown spots can be caused by fungal infections due to high soil moisture. The reason lies in excessive watering, the wrong composition of the soil mixture (insufficient drainage, low air permeability) or inappropriate acidity of the substrate.
3. Light dry spots occur with an excess of bright sun.

• Read more in a separate article. And for photos of all types (glorious, gray, filamentous and others), see the material on varieties.

ADDITIONS TO THE ARTICLE:

1. HOW TO CARE FOR YUKKA IN HOME CONDITIONS?

2. PROBLEMS WHEN GROWING YUCCA - LEAVES, DISEASES AND PESTS.

3. POPULAR KINDS OF YUKKA WITH PHOTOS AND TITLES!

We wish you a beautiful and healthy yucca to grow and bloom in your garden!

Yucca garden is a representative of the family Agave... Its homeland is South America. The flowers of this heat-loving shrub or low tree look like white bells. Yucca is pollinated by butterflies of only one visible, but such butterflies are not found in temperate climates.

The plant has been grown in Russia for over a hundred years. If earlier, yucca could be found only in the palace squares, today it is very popular among flower growers and landscape designers. Despite its love for warmth, the plant was able to acclimatize in central Russia, including in the suburbs.

It is a fairly large plant, so it is quite difficult to grow a garden yucca at home. However, it is possible. Most often, the culture can be found in spacious rooms and in large containers. The plant is grown in supermarkets, office halls, and so on.

Types of filamentous yucca (filamentose)

Garden (filamentous) yucca

Garden (filamentous) yucca is a plant that is grown in garden plots, outdoor gardens, and is also used to create a variety of flower arrangements.

Garden yucca is evergreen large enough. It has pointed, lanceolate leaves. One leaf can be up to 70 cm long. Their width does not exceed 6 cm. Peduncles reach a length of up to 3 meters. And the numerous, rather large (up to 6 cm in diameter) bell-shaped flowers will amaze the view of even the most sophisticated flower growers. It blooms annually if the plant grows in good conditions.

Filamentous and garden are different names for the same type of yucca.

This culture is also called the "tree of happiness." Previously, it was believed that yucca brings good luck to its owner. You can also find the name of the filamentous yucca, as filamentose... Filamentosa is the Latin name for filamentous yucca.

One of the varieties of garden yucca is gray. Its leaves grow up to 90 cm. Its trunk is short. Peduncles grow up to 3 meters. Inflorescences consist of yellowish or white flowers with a greenish tint.

The variety is undemanding to the soil, it grows even on ordinary sand. For her destructive excess moisture, but the plant tolerates drought and frosts well. Flowering begins in early summer. If the culture did not receive the right care in winter, then you can forget about flowering.

Wintering garden yucca - how to cover and preserve a plant in winter

This shrub is very thermophilic. This is due to the place of origin - the tropics and subtropics. However, he managed to acclimatize to the conditions of the middle zone of our country. The shrub manages to tolerate Russian winters well, but only with good cover.

Many people often ask the question: "Is it necessary to dig this tropical crop for the winter?" You should not dig up filamentous and garden yucca, because they tolerate winter well. However, it is required to cover the plants. This is especially true for young specimens. They are insulated even for very small drops in temperature.

Shelter culture is possible in several ways:

• Gather the leaves in a bunch and tie them with a rope along the entire length. In this case, a few lower leaves must be left and spread over the soil. It is required to sprinkle dry leaves around the trunk of the plant, and put planks or sticks on them. This is necessary so that the wind does not blow away the leaves. The trunk at the base must also be sprinkled with soil. Cover the yucca on top with plastic wrap.
• A large wooden box can be used as insulation. On top of it, you need to lay out foam, roofing material or non-woven material. From above, this structure must be covered with dry foliage and spruce branches. Straw will also work. And cover the top with plastic wrap.

It is advisable to carry out insulation around the middle of winter. And it is only required to remove the shelter when the threat of frost blows.

You cannot plant garden yucca in autumn. The optimum temperature for landing should be around 20 degrees during the day and 10 degrees at night. Also, before planting a crop in open ground, it must be hardened.

Care and proper transplant

Yuka after planting should be provided with moderate watering, sanitary work, periodic feeding and pruning. Sanitary work should include the removal of dead leaves and peduncles.

Temperature and lighting in the garden

Garden yucca loves the sun and warmth very much... Therefore, it is required to plant it in open and well-lit areas. Partial shade is also suitable. Lack of lighting results in less abundant foliage.

Drought is not a threat to culture. Reproduction is carried out at a temperature of about 20 degrees. Harsh winters are not terrible for yucca if it is properly and well covered.

Yucca loves the sun and warmth very much

Humidity and watering

The soil should not be very wet, as the plant does not like strong moisture and abundant watering. The leaves themselves speak of the need for watering: if the leaves are straightened, and the threads twist a little along the edges, there is no need for watering, and if the leaves curl up and the threads sag, then the plant needs watering.

In winter, garden yucca also needs to be watered, but less than in summer. It is important to avoid excessive winter watering. This can lead to root rot.

Watering the yucca is required directly at the root. In no case should the culture be poured, since stagnant water in the soil is the cause of decay of the root system and subsequently of the entire plant.

Top dressing

Filamentous yucca does not need a lot of feeding... Only in the spring is it advisable to feed it with mineral fertilizers. Nitrogen fertilizing is not necessary for the culture. An excess of nitrogen can lead to the death of the plant. The first feeding should be applied in May, when the growing season begins, and the second, when the flowering of the crop ends.

Top dressing for garden yucca

Outdoor transplant

When a plant grows in one place for a long time, it grows strongly. As a result, filamentous yucca requires transplantation. On the new site, the culture begins to grow more effectively and bloom more abundantly. But you should not transplant very often.

How to transplant?

• It is recommended to transplant at the end of summer or in the spring;
• When digging up a plant, you need try not to hurt root system. It is important to remember that the roots can go up to 70 cm into the soil;
• Shoots that may appear near a shrub need to dig and plant as separate bushes;
• Conditions on the new site should be samelike the old one;
• Transplanted plant needs feeding.

The transplanted yucca begins to bloom in a year.

Reproduction and planting of garden yucca

You can propagate a flower in several ways:

• Cuttings;
• Stem;
• Seeds;
• By dividing the bush.

The simplest breeding method is to divide the bush. This can be done right at the time of transplantation. Early May or late April it is necessary to dig out the bush and separate the shoots from itthat have roots and shoots. Sprouts need to be planted in new areas and watered. Delenki must be carefully and regularly watered, protected from wind and direct sunlight, and also fertilized.

If you propagate a flower with stems, you will need to cut a piece of the trunk just above the root collar and dry it a little. Then it is planted in the ground in a horizontal state. Perlite or river sand is used as a soil. Room temperature is optimal for rooting. In addition, the substrate must be moist. When shoots with roots are formed, the stem is divided into parts and planted in open ground.

To get a stalk you need to cut off the top of the stem... There must be leaves on it. For several days, the cuttings need to be dried and only then planted in the ground. The soil can be perlite or sand with coarse granules. Cuttings are required to be regularly sprayed with water. The water temperature should be at room temperature.

You can buy seeds at flower shops or collect seeds from your own plants. It is necessary to sow seeds in a substrate, which consists of:

• Sod land;
• Sand with coarse granules;
• Leafy land.

All components are taken in equal parts. After a month, the first shoots appear. When two leaves appear, the plants dive into separate containers. When they grow up and get stronger, they can be planted in large boxes or directly into the open ground. The flowering of yucca grown from seeds will begin only in the third year.

The most common diseases and pests

Yucca trunk rot

The plant is often exposed to fungal diseases. The fungus appears in the form of spots.The cause of the fungus is excessive watering and excess moisture in the soil.

One of the common diseases is leaf decay. This disease is also fungal. The reason is excess moisture.

White rot is a very common disease. White rot is caused by sudden changes in air temperature combined with high air humidity or very low temperatures. White bloom can appear both on the leaves and on the stem.

It is necessary to treat fungal diseases by spraying with fungicidal agents, as well as removing diseased leaves.

Pests include:

• Slugs (yellow spots after the winter period, destroyed by insecticides);
• Scabbard (brown plaques all over the plant, destroyed by wiping the leaves with a damp cotton swab, as well as chemicals, for example, "Actor");
• Spider mites (destroyed by the "Spark BIO" preparation).

Why do leaves dry and turn yellow?

Causes of yellowing and drying of leaves:

• • Leaves can dry with natural renewal. In this case, they must be removed with scissors or by hand. If the leaves dry, turn brown and become brittle, this means that the plant lacks moisture... If there are light spots on the plant, then this indicates that the yucca received a sunburn or was overfed with fertilizers;

Yucca leaves yellowed from dry air

• Yellowed and sluggish leaves are signs of lack of lighting and the wrong temperature regime. It is required to provide the culture with additional light. If there is really little sun on the site, then in order to preserve the yucca it is better to transplant it to another place;
• Root rot is also one of the causes of yellow leaves. The reason is in excessive moisture, excessive watering and stagnation of water in the ground... The problem can be solved by removing a new plant from the shoots, as well as transplanting to a new site.

Thus, the garden yucca is a very beautiful and large flower that cannot be ignored if properly cared for. Exotic crops can also be planted in Russia's harsh winters. Yucca tolerates frost well with proper cover. In general, the culture is very unpretentious. She does not need a lot of fertilizing, abundant watering and fertile soil.

Unusually beautiful garden yucca is found in summer cottages and backyards quite often, but many gardeners do not dare to get a flower in the country, citing a lack of growing experience. In fact, plant maintenance is not demanding, and it reproduces easily. You cannot do without nuances, but the practical tips described in the article below will allow you to find out why yucca does not bloom, how transplanting and pruning occurs, as well as the basics of planting and care ...

Planting yucca in open ground

Yucca is an unpretentious plant, quite hardy, easily tolerates drought and heat. However, the flaw in the flower is excessive moisture in the soil, which can lead to the development of rot on the roots and provoke the appearance of various diseases, in some cases the death of the entire plant.

For planting yucca, they choose sunny places, away from vigorous trees and shrubs, which can not only create shade, but also take food, preventing them from fully developing and blooming in full. You should not plant garden yucca in the lowlands, places where water accumulates. The wrong place is also reflected in the external state - the leaves fade, become less dense, the trunk stretches too much upward, as a result of which the yucca looks untidy.

When is the best time to plant yucca, in autumn or spring? The best time is spring, when the earth warms up and the threat of frost passes. Before planting on the street, the flower can be grown at home in a pot or greenhouse, but then the plant must be hardened before planting in the ground so that it does not die.Within 7-10 days, the yucca is gradually taken out into the street, taming it to natural conditions and increasing the time spent in the open air.

Planting yucca in autumn, especially in central Russia, in the Leningrad region, Moscow and the Moscow region, also in the Urals and Siberia, is not recommended due to climatic features. Unpredictable weather can prevent plants from growing stronger until winter, so it's best not to risk it and postpone transplanting until spring.

flowering yucca garden - pictured

By and large, the composition of the soil for yucca can be anything, the flower takes root everywhere, but it will grow well in fertile soil with a large supply of nutrients. Dig a hole about twice the size of the yucca root system, add drainage to the bottom (if the soils are heavy and clayey). Add sand to the ground for more looseness and breathability. Place the seedling in an upright position, cover with soil mixture, without deepening the plant.

At the same time, make sure that the yucca does not stick out of the ground after planting, plant flush with the ground. Watering the yucca after planting in open ground is required, pour a bucket or more water under the plant if necessary. Moisture should saturate the soil well to the very roots, so irrigate in small doses, gradually spending the required amount of liquid.

Yucca garden care

To save the plant after planting in the ground, you need to monitor watering, do not flood the flower, irrigate as needed during dry periods. After planting, do not cut off wilted leaves from the yucca. It is due to the fact that two- and three-year-old yucca seedlings can release a peduncle and begin to bloom. If you cut it right after transplanting, you will not see flowering. Usually, yucca begins to bloom from the third year of life, a refined long stem with beautiful snow-white flowers resembling bells.

Yucca pests and diseases are quite rare on plants, but aphids can easily move to flowers, which will quickly dry out and fall off. To avoid aphid infestation, carry out prophylactic spraying of yucca using an ash and soap solution. Take 250 grams of wood ash, pour hot water (10 liters) and bring to a boil, add 40-50 grams of grated laundry soap, cool and process the yucca. Such spraying helps well to fight various parasitic insects present on a flower crop.

It should be noted that if roses, other flowers prone to aphid invasion are grown nearby on the site, then the rose garden must also be sprayed. On summer cottages and household plots, in addition to folk remedies in the fight against insects on yucca garden, fungicidal and biological preparations are used - Biotlin, Fitoverm, Entobacterin, Intavir, Karate, etc.

It is advisable to loosen the soil under the flower, removing weeds and breaking the earth crust for better oxygen access to the roots.

Transplanting a young yucca at the age of two or three years to a new place is possible if the need arises. How to transplant a yucca? Water the plant so that when digging up the roots do not come off, but together with a clod of earth they come out under the bayonet of a shovel. Yucca can be transplanted throughout the growing season, in spring, summer and even autumn (only in the southern regions and in the Kuban). Fertilization of the flower after transplanting is not carried out during the first 30 days, so as not to burn the roots.

Yucca feeding is carried out once a year in early spring, as a rule, organic fertilizers and mineral complexes are used. It is advisable to loosen the soil under the flower, removing weeds and breaking the earth crust for better oxygen access to the roots.

Yucca is relatively winter-hardy, so sometimes it hibernates without shelter even in the Moscow region. It is advisable to cover in the winter, using any covering material available (agrospan, spunbond, film, etc.), the root zone can be mulched with humus, peat, leaf litter (preferably oak, as it will not melt).

Yucca breeding

In most cases, yucca propagation is carried out by lateral suckers (layering), by dividing the root, less often by seeds. An adult plant, with good care, can produce a significant number of daughter rosettes, which can be found under the bush near the base of the growth. You need to take seedlings that have already developed a root system, so that rooting goes well, and the plants take root in a new place.

reproduction of yucca - pictured
To plant the garden yucca by dividing the rhizomes, in the spring it is necessary to prepare cuttings 7-10 cm long from the rhizomes. Before planting the petioles, it is better to sprinkle with crushed coal, leave for 4-5 hours to dry, then plant in nutritious soil to a depth of 10-12 cm, water. After about 18-21 days, the first shoots will begin to show.

Reproduction of yucca by seeds occurs in a similar way to the reproduction technology of an indoor flower of this species. To grow yucca from seeds, only fresh seed is taken, which is soaked in water until it swells at room temperature. Sowing is carried out in March or April in a nutritious soil mixture, deepening the seeds by 1.5-2 cm.

The container with crops is covered with plastic wrap, glass and removed to a warm place. After about 28-30 days, the first shoots will begin to appear. The film is removed, the pots with yucca are placed in the light, a week later they dive into separate pots. Transplanting yucca grown from seeds into open ground is carried out after 12-16 months.

Yucca pruning for beauty and rejuvenation

Yucca pruning is carried out in order to rejuvenate the plant and obtain new growth. To awaken the dormant lateral buds, in early spring, after the snow melts, the main stem is cut off, stimulating the development of lateral buds, from which new rosettes will develop in the future. If there is no need to grow new shoots, the plant wintered well, only bad and dry leaves are removed.

Yucca is very decorative when it grows in one stem. With proper care, the height of the peduncle exceeds 1.5 m, the number of beautiful large flowers can reach 250 per plant. Before subjecting a culture to a haircut, think about whether it is really necessary to resort to this procedure.

Usually, the yucca is pruned after flowering, removing faded stems and bad foliage. To make the plant decorative, the leaves are not completely cut off, retreating a distance of 3-5 cm from the trunk, so the trimmed yucca will not look naked, the trunk will seem to be in scales. Even in winter, yucca in the snow decorates the garden, becoming a striking element in the landscape design of your site.