Narrow, sharp leaves of filamentous yucca suggest thoughts of palm branches and distant warm countries.
Indeed her homeland - Eastern and southeastern United States; filamentous yucca is successfully grown in room culture.
At the same time, in conditions of a middle band, this exotic plant not only blooms spectacularly at the beginning of summer, but also winters in open ground, withstanding twenty degrees of frost.
How does yucca winter at home? How to keep and warm yucca in the winter outside? Do I need to cover? We will discuss this below.
Winter in room culture
What is needed care at home for yucca in the winter? This time of year filamentous yucca is required dormant period with rare watering. The temperature should be reduced to 10-12ºС; optimal will be the content on a well-warmed, but not heated balcony.
In this light day, be sure to lengthen (with the help of additional lighting) to 16-hour.
Hardy, undemanding plant can survive the winter and with warm indoor content with the usual mode of moistening in combination with an artificially created long bright day period.
Winter in the open ground
Do I need to cover the garden yucca for the winter? What is necessary preparation for winter? The main problem of the winter maintenance of yucca on the site is to provide a sufficiently dense, reliable shelter and at the same time avoid damp under itso that the leaves are not rotten.
Young plantssurviving the first winter, can be covered with plastic containers that sell drinking water, with a cut off bottom. Such a capacity is pressed as deeply as possible into the ground and is well sprinkled along the edges so that it will not be torn off by winter winds.
In adult filamentous yucca in the fall, after the first night frosts, in dry weather, the leaves are tied into a common vertical bundle in order to maximally protect the central growth outlet. A sling of meter stakes is arranged around the bound plant, covered with a suitable material (spunbond, lutrasil) and the edges of this material are fixed.
How to cover a yucca for the winter? Photos of various options for winter shelters for different climates.
In the spring, after the shelter has been removed, in the case of frosts, the leaves are again tied up in a bundle, and they are finally released only after the threat of frost has passed. Damaged parts are trimmed.
If the winters in the region are not too severe, hut can not build. In this case, the associated leaves are additionally attached to the peg support; basal circle is warmed by fallen foliage, mulch or earthen roller 15-20 cm tall.
In that case, if hard frosts are expected, an air-dry shelter is installed, consisting of a wooden box, which is covered with insulation (spanbond, lutrasil, foam). A layer of fallen dry foliage is laid on top, and then this winter refuge is covered with plastic wrap that is sprinkled on the edges. As a rule, under such a shelter yucca retains leaves.
In the middle band American exot - filamentous yucca - is able to successfully winter in the open field under a properly arranged shelter and bloom with new force in the summer season, delighting not only with a one and a half meter “candle” with cream flowers-bells, but also a pleasant evening aroma.
