Hardy yuccas for the garden
Of course, the indoor yucca Yucca elephantipes is not hardy and should therefore only be left in the garden or on the balcony over the summer months. Instead, you have a number of other, no less interesting types of yucca to choose from - with or without a trunk - that will give your garden an exotic flair, even through the winter outdoors can stay. These palm lilies are hardy down to minus 20 ° C and more:
also read
- Which yucca palm is suitable for the garden?
- What temperature is optimal for the yucca palm
- Which yucca palm is hardy?
| Yucca style | Common name | tolerates frost up to |
|---|---|---|
| Yucca filamentosa | Threaded palm lily | - 30ºC |
| Yucca gloriosa | Candle palm lily | - 25ºC |
| Yucca baccata | Blue palm lily | - 30ºC |
| Yucca rostrata | Big Bend Yucca | - 20ºC |
| Yucca thompsoniana | – | - 20ºC |
| Yucca glauca | Blue-green palm lily | - 35 ° C |
Protect yucca from frost damage with light winter protection
In very cold and / or snowy winters, however, it can make sense to provide the planted yucca with light winter protection. This will prevent possible frost damage, because even hardy yuccas can sometimes
freeze to death. To avoid this, you can take the following measures:- Mulching Thick the ground around the yucca with leaves, twigs, etc. ä.
- This will keep the roots from freezing.
- It can also be useful to protect the floor from excessive moisture by covering it.
- Waterlogging or The plants are not at all comfortable with permanent moisture, especially in winter.
- In this case, however, make sure that the plant does not die of thirst.
- The above-ground parts of the yucca can be used with Garden fleece, Reed mats, etc. ä. Mistake.
What to do if the yucca is frozen?
Nevertheless, frost damage can sometimes not be avoided. But don't worry: as long as this is limited to the above-ground parts, the yucca will keep sprouting again. You should take the dead or Simply cut out damaged parts of the plant in early spring.
Tips
If the yucca doesn't really want to sprout in the spring, you can also dig it up. Inspect the roots carefully and see whether there is perhaps still life in the plant somewhere - separate these parts from the frozen remainder and plant them again.
