When can she go outside? (Palm lily)

Indoor yuccas can be left outside in summer

Yucca elephantipes can be easily recognized by their typical, thick trunk and palm-like tuft of leaves with long, broad, dark green leaves. This type of palm lily is preferably cultivated in bright apartments or in the winter garden, but can be grown during the warm summer months also stand outdoors. Make sure you have a sheltered and bright location, but avoid direct sun or a full sun place. Instead, slowly get the plant used to the changed conditions and initially only put it outside for hours at a time. The Temperatures not be below 16 ° C. Even damp weather like in rainy summers does not like the plant. Put the room yucca on the balcony or terrace from the end of May / beginning of June at the earliest.

Hardy garden yuccas for year-round outdoor cultivation

In contrast to the frost-sensitive Yucca elephantipes, species like the

Yucca filamentosa (Filamentous palm lily) or the candlePalm lily (Yucca gloriosa) hardy and can be left outdoors all year round. These yucca species can withstand temperatures down to minus 15 ° C and can therefore be found in many gardens. Only in very harsh winters is a light winter protection necessary. It is much more important to be on a loose, well-drained soil as protection against waterlogging as well Make sure there is sufficient distance to another planting - yuccas can be very high and just as wide will.

Young garden yuccas are still very sensitive

Young garden yuccas, for example, are quite sensitive to the cold Cuttings or offshoots. At least in the first few winters, these should be kept cool but frost-free (so it is better not to plant them out yet!) And gradually get used to harsher weather conditions.