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Stylish & Versatile |
 Yucca can be planted in pots or in
the garden, be grown indoors or outdoors and be planted in sun or
shade. Yuccas look exotic and tropical and have a modern style.
Yuccas perform a range of landscape functions. Plant as a
centerpiece in a courtyard, as a feature plant in a pot or as a low
maintenance stylish screen. Use as a hardy indoor feature either
fully indoors, under plastic roofing or in undercover outdoors
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grow if you remember these rules! |
Fertilise regularly. Use Devotion® Time Release Fertiliser or
palletised chicken manure this will keep them green. |
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When growing Yucca in pots always use a
specially formulated yucca potting mix such as Devotion® Yucca, Succulent and Cacti Mix this
will ensure that you have good drainage with the right pH level.
Potted yucca should be given a good dose of dolomite lime every 12
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Trimming and shaping. When Yucca get too
tall just cut the top off, new heads will grow. The best time to
prune is early October that way you don’t have to wait too long for
new foliage to reshoot. |
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If you have shabby leaves at the bottom of
your yucca pull them off that way you can expose more of the
dramatic trunk |
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If you Yucca are getting too wide cut off
the side shoots. |
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When you cut shoots off your Yucca don’t
waste them, plant them or give them to a friend. Yucca can be
propagated by planting the stems or shoots into Yucca mix in a shady
spot and keep moist until struck. |
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When you buy a Yucca it can be
confusing as their seems to be all different types people talk about
heads, canes and sculptures. These are all the same type of plants
 cultivated
in a different way; each has its own important role. |
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 Canes
Normally these are branches that have been
harvested from large Yuccas in Central
America that have been shipped back to Australia. They are planted
in pots in quarantine houses they are sold with a cluster of small
green shoots at the top. Canes are often planted as pot plants as
the cane looks dramatic. Tall canes look best in low or squat style
pots, tall style pots look best with short canes planted in them.
Canes can be planted as a feature or screen in the garden but they
will tend to stay bare at the bottom, they will grow wide at the top
because of the multiple heads, the canes do not grow as quickly as
the head. |
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 Heads
These are the most economical and fastest growing Yucca. They tend
to shoot straight up as a single stem for several meters. If watered
and fertilised properly expect more than 1 meter of growth per year.
This makes the head ideal to plant as a dramatic modern hedge or
screen. |
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 Sculptures
These start life in Central America when farmers plant a Yucca head
in the field and spend several years cutting the Yucca to create a
dramatic sculpture of truck and branches. These sculptures are them
imported to Australia as bare pruned plants whilst in quarantine
they grow new heads. Sculptures are truly a living work of art and
can be used as pot plants indoors or outdoors and planted as
exciting centrepieces. |
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| Yucca will successfully grow in full sun,
part shade, full shade or indoors
 Originating from
Central America, Yuccas would have to be one of the most versatile plants available. They
will successfully grow in full sun, part shade, full shade or indoors. Grown for their
bold and handsome shape, they feature tall woody stems ending in a
 crown
of long sword shaped leaves and come in many colours and varieties from greens to yellow
variegated and silver variegated.
Yuccas prefer dryer conditions with good drainage but will still grow in
most places; they will tolerate very hot periods without water or near freezing
conditions.
If grown in the full sun the foliage becomes stiffer and bolder looking giving it the
trendy and fashionable Mediterranean look, if grown in shade or indoors they will develop
a softer and longer leaf.
Yuccas are particularly drought resistant
 Yuccas are particularly drought resistant and can be left for months
without water; they also will grow well in coastal conditions and seaside
gardens. Yuccas can be grown in the garden but also like to be grown in pots, they are
perfect for balconies and terraces and will fend for themselves if you are away on
holidays.
On mature plants they develop striking small white bell flowers from
October to December, the flowers are known to be used in many culinary recipes and are
also known to possess many medicinal properties.
Fertilize every 6 months with Devotion™ Time Release
fertilizer and every 3 to 4 waterings with Devotion™
liquid Leaf and Stem fertilizer.
Dan has been producing Yuccas since 1991
Dan
the Yucca Man is our Yucca grower. He has been producing Yuccas since 1991 and was one of
first pioneer commercial Yucca growers in Australia. He first saw them in Europe 25 years
ago where they were already very popular for their Mediterranean look. He says their
popularity has grown immensely over the last few years due to their durability,
versatility and perfect design landscape plant. Dan now produces over 100,000 Yuccas of
varying types each year. |
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