Yucca Rostrata help

[Colin1110082]

Hi there, I would like to buy a 5 gallon, shipped bare root yucca rostrata, no trunk. I’m in zone 6A and we have wet winters. First off, is it too late to plant a yucca rostrata in my area since it’s practically august? If it isn’t how would I over winter it and is there a specific big box store soil I can go and get? This would be planted on a raised rock wall. I can wait until next year, or pot it for a few years if it is too small. Our first frost is usually late october to early november and I don’t want to kill the young yucca. These are the plants, the left is a 1 gallon and the right is the 5 gallon. Would you say the 1 gallon is too small to plant in the ground anyway? I can always instead opt for the easier option, many people around here grow the adam’s needle one which doesn’t trunk but has wider yellow leaflets. Thanks

[hinovak]

I would probably say go for it now, those guys are ridiculously tough, I plant tons of them for clients…and many of them have a hard time keeping artificial turf alive, you could always throw a big plastic pot over it with the drainage holes duct taped for the first winter during particularly bad spells. But I doubt you will have an issue either way. The dryer you can keep them in winter the better. But I know they grow them fine in Oregon, and they get wet winters, so I doubt you will have issues, people grow them Here in irrigated yards just fine.  

[Chester B]

What I have heard about rostrata in colder zones is that they get killed when they start to trunk. Their low zone rating applies to more of a western climate not that of the North east. Bend, Oregon is a perfect example as it is zone 6 but is a high desert climate and they thrive there. I would do a little more research on them in your area.  
 

Lots of big ones in Oregon for sure. As long as they have reasonable drainage they take the wet winters better than many other Yucca species. I never had spotting or browning of old leaves coming out of winter.