Doug's reply: The only critter I see with yuccas are yucca bugs. Small animals might take shelter in the yucca clumps, but will scatter if you make some noise or ruffle the foliage.
In z4b MN, the stems have been fairly easy to remove for the Color Guard cultivar. Wonder if the subzero temp softens the stems a bit to allow for easier removal?
Yes, you cut of the stalk as close to the bottom interior of the rosette as you can. I use the long handled loppers like in the video. Not a big deal if you leave five or six inches. Try to do this before the stalk completely dries out, while the seed heads are still relatively green. That way the seeds don't go all over the place. There are hundreds of seeds on the stalk if you are interested in growing these from seed, although it takes many years before they flower. I've done this and it's fun watching the yuccas grow. Am thinking of bringing one of the seedlings indoors to see how it does. The variety that I have is Adam's Needle, similar to the one in the video.
Doug mentioned that no one does that pruning maintenance in nature- I also love the redneck lingo: toughgrass 😂 would fires burn that away?. Also figured Doug wouldn’t stay retired for too long!
Hello! Yuccas are usually propagated by division. The underground tubers have dormant eyes that can be stimulated into growth by removing the main growth point. This method works well for non-trunked varieties. Yuccas that form trunks often have dormant eyes along the trunk under the main crown. In nature, they are often brought down by storms, so they adapted to form new roots and buds along the stem and just continue growing.
Cleaning the old foliage from yuccas can be done most anytime of the year, but we like cleaning them up in early spring so they have been cleaned when they start to flush.
So nice to see you again Doug!
Thank you. I have looked for a simple video on pruning yuccas and this is the best one by far.
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for this video. I am new to caring for Yucca plants, this will help me greatly!
Excellent tutorial! Thank you!
Great thanks for the video. They are some lovely looking yucca
Thank you Doug!
Thanks so much. I never knew how this was done.
Thank you for this video, Doug! Any chance there could be little animals inhabiting that we should watch for? Oklahoma here...
Doug's reply: The only critter I see with yuccas are yucca bugs.
Small animals might take shelter in the yucca clumps, but will scatter if you make some noise or ruffle the foliage.
Nicely explained thankyou
Thank you!! I was cleaning mine out last night and wasn't sure if I was doing it right!!! Again Thank you!!!!
You are welcome!
In z4b MN, the stems have been fairly easy to remove for the Color Guard cultivar. Wonder if the subzero temp softens the stems a bit to allow for easier removal?
UR not dat bright RU
Wher the heck is z4b Mn?
So that's where Doug went... good info 🙂
Yes indeed! We are glad to have him onboard.
May I use this approach to remove live offshoots of a clumping Yucca filamentosa? I want to control the size of my clumps which are now very wide.
Thank you!
After the flowers bloom and die off, do you cut down the stalk? If so, how far down the stalk do you cut?
Yes, you cut of the stalk as close to the bottom interior of the rosette as you can. I use the long handled loppers like in the video.
Not a big deal if you leave five or six inches.
Try to do this before the stalk completely dries out, while the seed heads are still relatively green. That way the seeds don't go all over the place.
There are hundreds of seeds on the stalk if you are interested in growing these from seed, although it takes many years before they flower. I've done this and it's fun watching the yuccas grow. Am thinking of bringing one of the seedlings indoors to see how it does.
The variety that I have is Adam's Needle, similar to the one in the video.
Doug mentioned that no one does that pruning maintenance in nature- I also love the redneck lingo: toughgrass 😂
would fires burn that away?. Also figured Doug wouldn’t stay retired for too long!
How to propagate these plant ? Are there any video ?
Hello! Yuccas are usually propagated by division. The underground tubers have dormant eyes that can be stimulated into growth by removing the main growth point. This method works well for non-trunked varieties. Yuccas that form trunks often have dormant eyes along the trunk under the main crown. In nature, they are often brought down by storms, so they adapted to form new roots and buds along the stem and just continue growing.
Is there only one rosettes per individual yucca plant or can 1 plant have multiple rosettes?
One root can produce multiple rosettes.
@@Plantdelights Oh boy can it!!!
Any ideas on why most of the leaves would have developed brown spots? not sure how to resolve :(
It's hard to say, most probably a fungus.
Should this be done at a specific time of year?
Cleaning the old foliage from yuccas can be done most anytime of the year, but we like cleaning them up in early spring so they have been cleaned when they start to flush.
A mini stihl saw would do the trick no ?
You can use any tool as long as you are careful!
Had them my whole life never there name just called them the pokie plant
I haven’t touched my yuccas in almost 30 years.
Thanks!!! Nice video!!!
Glad you liked it!