1 hour ago, teddytn said:

Yucca rigida looking fantastic this year. Had 2 faxoniana’s survive this past winters below zero temps. This one’s main head spear pulled bad in early spring, and then put out 4 pups. I’ll take it!Wasn't sure on yucca harminae’s hardiness especially when young. Planted it straight out of the mail from coldhardycactus. Most people know the size you receive 😬. Survived 100% unscathed. Triple the size now

Yucca faxoniana aren’t a big fan of moisture, which is probably where your problems will come from. If they survive until trunking then you should be set. They are extremely cold hardy and survive in places like Denver.

1 hour ago, Meangreen94z said:

Yucca faxoniana aren’t a big fan of moisture, which is probably where your problems will come from. If they survive until trunking then you should be set. They are extremely cold hardy and survive in places like Denver.

That definitely tracks here. The other faxoniana is half the size, is planted in 2 feet deep of pure gravel and coarse sand, and took no damage. That one that pulled is planted in a raised berm maybe 10 inches deep of gravel and sand. For sure it’s roots are in red clay. 

Hi all,

Some Yucca flowers in my garden

In total 15 flowers

Eckhard 

8 minutes ago, Palmensammler said:

Hi all,

Some Yucca flowers in my garden

In total 15 flowers

Eckhard 

Nice, Which species....

Edited June 13, 20233 yr by Silas_Sancona
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22 hours ago, Silas_Sancona said:

Nice, Which species....

Most are hybrids,

Pic 1 : filamentosa x rostrata " Blue Swan"

Pic 2: filamentosa  x rostrata

Pic 3: some filamentosa  / flaccida

Pic 4: some sort of filamentosa/ flaccida  and filamentosa x thompsoniana on right side

Pic 5: unknown Yucca collected in France with completely dark red flower stalk

 

Edited June 14, 20233 yr by Palmensammler

Davis Mountains State Park. Yucca torreyi, Yucca elata, ‘Davis Mountains’ form of Agave havardiana, Echinocereus chloranthus, Mahonia trifoliolata, Cylindropuntia imbricata, Opuntia arizonica.

More from Alpine, Texas. Yucca torreyi, Dasylirion leiophyllum, Nolina texanum, Quercus grisea, and a variation of Agave havardiana. These like the Davis and Glass Mountain forms have Agave neomexicana mixed in.

Yucca faxoniana off Texas 118

I love  the picture of the loaded flower stalks. The sun in the back makes these pictures perfect

Hope to get some seed pots man mades this year.

Eckhard 

Pictures between Fort Stockton and Iraan, Texas. Yucca thompsoniana, Dasylirion leiophyllum, Agave lechuguilla, Opuntia strigil among other unknowns, Coryphantha echinus v. echinus, Coryphantha echinus v. robusta, Coryphantha scheeri v. robustaspina, Echinocereus stramineus, Echinocereus dasyacanthus, Ferocactus hamatacanthus, among others.

For the Yucca experts: can I get an ID on this (I’m not even 100% sure it’s a Yucca)? From a bit of research, my closest guess is Yucca gloriosa variegata. 

6 hours ago, tim_brissy_13 said:

For the Yucca experts: can I get an ID on this (I’m not even 100% sure it’s a Yucca)? From a bit of research, my closest guess is Yucca gloriosa variegata. 

That looks spot on for a varigated gloriosa, I’ve got a few of these planted. 

15 minutes ago, teddytn said:

That looks spot on for a varigated gloriosa, I’ve got a few of these planted. 

Thanks!

On 3/18/2023 at 3:28 PM, amh said:

The triple is beginning to bloom; I'll attempt hand pollination, hoping that this growth pattern will be hereditary. 

My triple headed treculeana is now a hexaheaded treculeana following this years flowering. Is it normal for Yucca treculeana to branch every year from one point? I'll get pictures tomorrow. 

Edited July 11, 20233 yr by amh

3 hours ago, amh said:

My triple headed treculeana is now a hexaheaded treculeana following this years flowering. Is it normal for Yucca treculeana to branch every year from one point? I'll get pictures tomorrow. 

Yucca will sometimes split off at the point they flowered, or receive damage, but not always. The rapid succession of splitting may have been induced by damage from the last 3 winters.

1 hour ago, Meangreen94z said:

Yucca will sometimes split off at the point they flowered, or receive damage, but not always. The rapid succession of splitting may have been induced by damage from the last 3 winters.

Usually when I see splitting/branching, it is from the base or 2(occasionally 3) splits higher up the trunk. This plant has added new heads after every flowering about waist high. I'm suspecting a mechanical reason like winter damage, but only February 2021 was abnormal. I kinda hope it's a just freak.

I'll take pictures of this yucca tomorrow, along with the other plants started from the same fruit.

Here are the 5 Yucca treculeana that I have, They are under 10 years old and all were started from a fruit I obtained in Cotulla. 2 have split at ground level, 2 are glaucus to blue, 2 are singular growing, and 1 now has 6, or more heads.

Green ground split.

 

Green single head.

Six headed green.

Glaucus ground level split.

Very blue-glaucus single headed and the most impressive in person.

Here are some close up shots of the new heads. The lighting is very harsh, so sorry about the quality.

They look great. I would say branching early makes a more attractive, stable plant. Yucca treculeana are known to topple.

10 hours ago, amh said:

Here are the 5 Yucca treculeana that I have, They are under 10 years old and all were started from a fruit I obtained in Cotulla. 2 have split at ground level, 2 are glaucus to blue, 2 are singular growing, and 1 now has 6, or more heads.

Green ground split.

 

Green single head.

Six headed green.

Glaucus ground level split.

Very blue-glaucus single headed and the most impressive in person.

Awesome yuccas and awesome rock wall too!!! Looks to be just dry stacked? 

Hopefully they will survive.  Some Yucca seed pots man-made and made by ants.

Y. Fila x rostrata "Blue swan " X fila x thompsoniana 

Y. Fila x rostrata X fila x thompsoniana - small one left

Y. Fila x rostrata X fila x rostrata "Blue swan" - 4 big ones

Yucca hybrid made by ants (Benny from Denmark)

Yucca ? - made by ?,  no ants on this plant

 

Some pods are hard to find.

Greetings

Eckhard 

On 7/11/2023 at 9:37 PM, Meangreen94z said:

They look great. I would say branching early makes a more attractive, stable plant. Yucca treculeana are known to topple.

I have an old muti-trunked specimen that is over 30 years old. The trees have overtaken the yucca so there are multiple 20 foot trunks that are only 5 feet tall because of the S shaped growth.

On 7/12/2023 at 6:38 AM, teddytn said:

Awesome yuccas and awesome rock wall too!!! Looks to be just dry stacked? 

I planted the yuccas and opuntias along the wall for aesthetic reasons, but they would have been planted somewhere in the yard regardless of the walls existence. Its a neighbors wall, but the dry stacked rock fences are my favorite. Unfortunately the once popular wall style has died out locally because there are no longer skilled dykers in the area.

 

 

Also a very early branching Yucca in ny front yard. It's a hybrid of yucca flaccida `Bright Edge` and thompsoniana. It flowered last year. Three heads are growing. 

Eckhard 

There were other better looking specimens that were planted in commercial and residential landscapes. These were definitely wild.

Yucca Aloifolia in one of the last protected patches of sand dunes in Panama City Beach, Florida

2 hours ago, teddytn said:

There were other better looking specimens that were planted in commercial and residential landscapes. These were definitely wild.

Yucca Aloifolia in one of the last protected patches of sand dunes in Panama City Beach, Florida

It’s nice to see the East Coast species in habitat

Yucca treculeana, Yucca pallida, and a possible hybrid of the two near Lometa, Texas

Yucca treculeana above the Colorado River

Echinocereus coccineus var. roemeriSun and drought faded Yucca pallidaA possible hybrid of the two forming a small trunk. Long upright leaves like treculeana, but rough, thin, and flexible like pallida.

On 7/24/2023 at 5:44 AM, Meangreen94z said:

Yucca treculeana, Yucca pallida, and a possible hybrid of the two near Lometa, Texas

Yucca treculeana above the Colorado River

Echinocereus coccineus var. roemeriSun and drought faded Yucca pallidaA possible hybrid of the two forming a small trunk. Long upright leaves like treculeana, but rough, thin, and flexible like pallida.

Did the possible hybrids get trunks?

8 hours ago, Palmensammler said:

Did the possible hybrids get trunks?

Yes, they had started to form small trunks

On 7/23/2023 at 10:44 PM, Meangreen94z said:

Yucca treculeana, Yucca pallida, and a possible hybrid of the two near Lometa, Texas

Yucca treculeana above the Colorado River

Echinocereus coccineus var. roemeriSun and drought faded Yucca pallidaA possible hybrid of the two forming a small trunk. Long upright leaves like treculeana, but rough, thin, and flexible like pallida.

I'm agreeing with the hybrid label, Yucca treculeana will produce thin, flexible, and somewhat rough leaves, but only when growing in shade. These plants are getting too much sun and the leaves are too short for this growth to be from shade.

Yucca queretaroensis-unbelievable slow for me.  This plant is at least 10 years old

11 hours ago, Peter said:

Yucca queretaroensis-unbelievable slow for me.  This plant is at least 10 years old

Even in my climate, this is my slowest species. Surprisingly the 2 hybrids I have with Y. filifera are my fastest growing Yuccas! At least 5 times faster growing than Y. filifera!

Hi 109˚, Lo 83˚

Edited August 3, 20233 yr by Tom in Tucson

8 hours ago, Tom in Tucson said:

Even in my climate, this is my slowest species. Surprisingly the 2 hybrids I have with Y. filifera are my fastest growing Yuccas! At least 5 times faster growing than Y. filifera!

Hi 109˚, Lo 83˚

Can we get a peek please Tom? 👀🙏🏻

15 hours ago, teddytn said:

Can we get a peek please Tom? 👀🙏🏻

Even though it's been incredibly hot, this is always my busiest time of the year, and as a consequence it's harder than ever for me to keep up on my regular garden chores. The extreme heat, and lack of monsoon rain has only made my chores worse, but if it ever lets up, I promise to snap some pics, and post them here for your benefit. All I can say at this point is "pray for rain".

Hi 110˚, Lo 79˚

On 8/3/2023 at 4:39 AM, Tom in Tucson said:

Even in my climate, this is my slowest species. Surprisingly the 2 hybrids I have with Y. filifera are my fastest growing Yuccas! At least 5 times faster growing than Y. filifera!

Hi 109˚, Lo 83˚

Also for me Yucca queretaroensis is extremly slow. My two hybrids with filifera are faster but not the fastes ones in my climate.

Yucca filifera outside the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University.

What an amazing plant. Really a beauty.

Eckhard 

Wow. It took me a second to recognize what it was. It’s interesting how in the cooler climate it has stayed relatively low to the ground, but branched extensively. 

Two Yucca rostrata (I think) in the middle of all these palms and cycads at the Fairchild TBG.

13 hours ago, miamicuse said:

Two Yucca rostrata (I think) in the middle of all these palms and cycads at the Fairchild TBG.

Yep, Y. rostrata   ..Nice pair too

What a great idea for a thread showcasing these iconic desert plants! Yuccas come in so many interesting shapes and sizes. I always enjoy seeing photos of different species - they're so beautifully adapted to survive in harsh environments. It's really cool learning about their relationships with specialist pollinators too. I don't grow any myself unfortunately, but really appreciate you sharing photos of your specimens. It's lovely seeing pictures of big mature plants in their natural habitats as well. Thanks for starting this thread - looking forward to seeing what other varieties people post!