The 'winter from hell' is over and spring is here.

Yucca gloriosa 'narrow leaf form' died above the snow line.


Yucca recurvifolia 'New Jersey 9 foot tall' form died above the snow line


Yucca rostrata survived!

Hello Tim ,
it's always surprising for me to see that sometimes plants that come from southern latitudes , are more hardy than some others coming from northern parts ! Yucca rostrata is a good example for that behavior . Any news about your hybrids 'filamentosa x rostrata' ?
cheers , fred

Hi Fred

Benny's hybrid of Y. filamentosa x rostata are very hardy. They are probably the best looking Yucca after 'the winter from hell'. They hold up well with the snow loads. Rabbits did eat some of the leaf tips when everything was buried in snow.



Yucca recurvifolia 'Highway 421' did very well.


Yucca gloriosa 'aloifolia form' did OK too


Another Yucca rostrata


The biggest surprise was that Dasylirion wheeleri survived!!!!!!!!


Dasylirion protection in winter......no heat just a cage with poly wrap


Here's the Dasylirion on the left side of photo


Winter from hell

OMG ! so much snow ! Your garden look's like a ski resort !
Tim , do you register the minimal temperature during this winter ?
Benny's Yucca filamentosa x rostrata looks pretty good , seems virtualy undestructible ...
Do the Yucca recurvifolia higway 421 set seeds ? If so , are the fruits erect or pendulous ?
thank's you Tim for sharing all this pictures and informations.

Hello Tim
The winter you seemed to have been again particularly stringent.
I'm especially surprised how the Dasylirion and the Yucca rostrata have survived the winter.
You had covered the rostrata and you had heated the Dasy in addition?

Zitat von Tim Behan im Beitrag #3

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Here's the Dasylirion on the left side of photo

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Hi Fred

Coldest was -22C. Many, many nights -18C to -22C. 2nd coldest February ever recorded. It was the only month to record below normal temperatures every day of the month

421 Yucca is 'suppose' to be a recurvifolia since the fruit are erect. No blooms in my garden yet. Perhaps this year?

Hi Rene

No heat for the rostrata and Dasylirion. I am happy they appear to be alive.

Hi Juergen

Yes the rostrata had the same protection as the Dasylirion. The gloriosa 'narrow leaf' form has two spears pull already. The third spear has not pulled yet. I don't think it will survive but will return from the roots

Yes, the unprotected Yucca is elata. It appears OK.

Hi Tim,

do you have an photo of the erect seedpods of the Yucca recurvifolia NC Highway 421?

Let me check my photos. I believe Don from NC sent me some of 421

Hi Jürgen and Tim,

I'm sure that the Y. gloriosa 'Hyw. 421' has no erected seed pods.
Here in Capitol Reef it is rather cold the last few days, only 12 C. But it is spring and the cactees and a few Yuccas are blooming. most of them didn't. Yesterday I saw hundreds of hundrets small Y. harrimaniae. Some people would say that are Y. nana.[mail] Unfortunately no one was blooming or has seed pods from last year.

Hi Horst,

your're in the wrong area. Here in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania its pretty hot, today around 90 C. But the humidity is extrem high. On the East Cost most of the yucca I' ve seen where just starting to bloom. In Kitty Hawk I found some seed pots from last year on Yuccas near the seaside but only very few seeds inside as all where open.

Eckhard

Hi Horst,

Don of N.C. 'discovered' this Yucca growing along Highway 421. Don confirmed it has erect seed pods. This might explain why it performed better this winter than the gloriosa/recurvifolia forms which have pendant seed pods. I'll forward Don's email to you.

Hi Juergen

here's an update with Y. gloriosa 'narrow leaf form'. Dead, dead, dead above the snow line.



Yucca recurvifolia 'Highway 421' update. It's getting large now......no blooms so far.


Yucca gloriosa 'aloifolia form' did great too.