Raising yucca as a bonsai

Which types of yucca can be trained to be a bonsai?

As such, a yucca is great cut compatible and usually sprouts again even if it has been cut back radically - if only a small piece of trunk or a Cutting remains of her. Naturally, the stem-forming ones are particularly suitable Yucca types for a bonsai culture, for example

• Yucca elephantipes (giant palm lily)
• Yucca rostrata (hardy)
• Yucca gloriosa (candlePalm lily, hardy)
• Yucca aloifolia (gray palm lily)
• Yucca torreyi (hardy)
• Yucca brevifolia (Joshua tree or Joshua palm lily)

There are also different varieties or types of some of the species mentioned. Hybrids.

Caring for a yucca bonsai properly

In order for your project to succeed and for you to grow a beautiful yucca bonsai, you should plant the plant according to its natural needs maintain.

Location and substrate

Yuccas, regardless of the type, need a bright, warm and sheltered location. These plants do not tolerate drafts and moisture, by the way, just like a place in full sun: This often leads to burns on the leaves. In terms of substrate, choose a nutrient-rich soil with sand and

Expanded clay(€ 16.36 at Amazon *) is mixed. In any case, good drainage is immensely important, as the plant does not tolerate waterlogging.

Watering and fertilizing

So pour the yucca only moderately and if possible not penetrating. Excess irrigation water should be removed immediately. Yuccas cultivated as bonsai should only be fertilized very rarely or not at all. The latter, however, is only possible if the plant is converted into fresh substrate every year.

Cutting and Wiring

Yuccas are very easy to cut and sprout again and again even after radical cutbacks - but not in every case as hoped. To some extent, wiring is possible, but not on thick stems and only on young shoots. In addition, most yuccas only form one trunk and no side branches or branches. Branches off. In this respect, there are limits to the design options in these cases.