Evergreen yucca: planting and care

Yucca is an evergreen plant of the Agavian family, possessing a mass of useful qualities. The juice, which is contained in flowers, is saturated with a lot of sugar. Few people know that the first denim trousers were made of filament yucca fibers, which have high strength. In the US, manufacturers of denim fabrics to date include the same fibers in its composition. Paper is made from this plant. The leaves contain valuable substances that have medicinal properties.

Recently, yucca and other palm-like plants have gained wide popularity in the subject of interior landscaping. In height, they reach up to four meters, so they serve as an excellent decoration for large rooms, hallways and spacious halls. Very valuable specimens of yucca with a bifurcated trunk, forming several points of growth. Green leaves, collected in the form of a beam on the top of a powerful trunk, form an effective crown.

How to contain yucca

In order to better grow yucca, planting and care are carried out in a warm and well-lit place. Meanwhile, during the hours of the midday sun, the plant needs to be shaded from the direct rays. It is best to arrange the plant on the west or east window. If there is no way to provide a yucca full light day of 16 hours, you can use additional artificial lighting with fluorescent lights. The distance between the light source and the plant should vary from 30 to 60 cm. When warm weather on the street comes, the plant is taken to fresh air. In this case, it is necessary to provide diffuse lighting in a place where the yucca will stand. Landing and maintenance in the open ground is allowed in conditions of medium latitudes. On the Black Sea coast, many kinds of yucca grow successfully in the open ground. If there is no possibility of placing yucca in fresh air, it is recommended to ensure regular airing of the room.

Content temperature

Do not forget that this plant has a southern origin, so you need to ensure sparing conditions in the place where yucca grows. Planting and care can be carried out both indoors and outdoors, depending on the species of this plant. The most favorable for the growth and development of yucca is the temperature:

• In spring and summer time - from 20 to 25 degrees;
• In the autumn-winter period - from 8 to 12 degrees.

When strong heat comes, do not over-heat the plant. You can remove it for a while in the shaded area, and after it has cooled, sprinkle with warm water.

In winter, the light day is shortened, so if yucca is kept in warm conditions, it grows. The bases of the shoots begin to stretch, the leaves become thin and light, hanging on the trunk. If yucca is not planned to be placed on hibernation in special conditions in a cool place, it should be kept as long as possible in the open air in a place protected from frosts. Next year, it is recommended that the plant be exposed to the open air as soon as possible.

How to take care of a yucca garden

Best in the street is a yucca garden. Planting and caring for her do not require tremendous effort. Due to the fact that the plant is thermophilic, it is necessary to plant it in a sunny place where the intensity of illumination will be high. When growing yucca in the garden, you need to choose a place for it, where stagnant moisture is eliminated. When planting in a pot or kashpo, a good drainage layer is poured onto the bottom. This is a necessary condition for a plant such as a yucca garden. Landing and leaving will take a minimal amount of effort if there is a country house. In the winter, the yucca will be in the hall or room, decorating the interior. In the summer, you can take the plant to the garden, where it will feel great. If the yucca leaves twist and sag, then it lacks moisture. It is necessary to increase watering. If the yucca remains in the open for winter, it is necessary to cut off the trunk by half, then tightly cover the plant. After wintering, the plant may be attacked by slugs. For their destruction, insecticides are used.

What is an elephant yucca

This species of yucca comes from Central America. Its name she got because of that, with age begins to resemble the big leg of an elephant. Such a yucca grows very slowly, with time it turns into a small straight tree, with a height of 8 to 10 meters. The trunk of the plant at the end is strongly branched, on the sides on the vertex a set of rosettes of straight green leaves is formed. Leaf plates along the edges have small denticles, and at the end - a sharp spine. The length of such leaves can reach 100 centimeters.
Very impressive looks adult yucca elephant. Planting and care involves ensuring a good drainage layer, since the plant does not tolerate stagnation of moisture. In winter conditions, when the air is overdried by heating devices, daily spraying of the leaves is necessary.

How to care for a filamentous yucca

Through deep penetration of the roots, the yucca root filth grows. Planting and care is allowed in the open ground, as some plants are able to tolerate frost -20 degrees. In this case, do not abuse the stability of yucca to frost. It is necessary to take care of the warming of the plant for the winter, if it stays on the street. Watering a yucca filamentous depends on several factors: the depth and size of the flowerpots, the composition of the soil, the temperature of the surrounding air. In the warm season, the plant is watered more often, allowing the earthen to dry out between waterings to a depth of 5 centimeters. In the rest of the year, watering should be moderate. Do not forget that when the water stagnant root system can bend, and the plant will die.

Care of the domestic yucca

Room yucca in shape resembles a false palm tree. Over time, it reaches a height of 3 to 4 meters. It should be noted that the yucca is growing very slowly. Planting and nursing require a plant not too large a pot. The plant responds very well to spraying, especially during the heating season. Watering is carried out as the top layer of the soil dries up. Flowering in the room conditions is rare, and fruit yucca only at home. Flowers in shape resemble large jangles.

Depending on the type of yucca, it can be planted both in pots, tubs, and in open ground.

In all cases, do not forget that the plant is of southern origin, and therefore wintering in a temperate climate is stressful for a plant like yucca. Planting and caring for her provide for creating the most comfortable conditions for wintering, then the plant will please its owner for many years.