Harry, while I don't personally grow Yucca, many people grow it in the area as a landscape plant. They flower white and live on through the winter snow to flower every year.

Wow, not here. I hardly ever saw flowers on this plant.

It is a wellknown gardenplant here, but after a few years they are always gone or halfdead and mostly brown(ish).

Thanks

Harry

Harry
There is a plant with red flowers, hesperaloe parviflora. Check if that is the plant you have. It should survive for you, I believe it is hardy to z7.
I had yucca growing for years in z6, and it survived winters. White flowers.

I don't have photo of it in full bloom, but here is one showing buds - just a very little tinge of red:

Rina

ps: Harry, I just looked at some photos, most have filaments on the leaves, and yours seems to be smooth?

Hello Rina,

I not sure of the word filaments, but yes: mine is completely smooth.

Nice look at that garden! Is that yours?

Harry

harry it is probably yucca gloriosa- fairly common in britain but only blooms in good years.

stem is red, flowers will be white.

it isn't so much a question of hardiness as of heat and light.

Thanks for the name Dave,

yeah....light is maybe not the biggest problem, but heat....???

We had a cold spring (again) with at first drowning rain at now for almost two months hardly anything.

greets

Harry

Harry

Thank you, it was my garden for many years (I moved year ago...)
Filament - hair or wire like threads on side of leaves; you can see them better in this photo:

Rina

harry, meant to say that your place looks so kool.

Thanks Rina:

There are many, many names and species.

I shall place a picture of the end-results of this plant.

Dave: ok.

I love seeing your garden house Harry! I agree with Dave, the place looks so cool. I could just pitch a tent and stay there!

Tracy

You (everyone is ) are very welcome. The garden is big enough and we could have one or two and talk about a lot of plants.

H.

Harry

Looks like your garden house has a covered roof, so do you water your plants? Or are they getting any rain at all?
Rina

Harry
Thank you for sharing.
great set up, I would imagine that you spend hours there even when raining.
Rina

:) there are times I live there :)

Update Yucca.

The red color has disappeared; white flowers have taken over.

Harry

Harry
That is really beautiful flower spike.
Enjoy - after 15 years of waiting you are rewarded for your patience!
(I had mine blooming, but not as full as yours. BTW, does it have any suckers - new plants?))
Rina

I checked: no young ones. Did not know they made them.

:) we are off now for ....you know.

greets

Harry

Harry, It is blooming on the terminal stem which means it will die back. It will produce suckers and will start all over with many new plants to take it's place. That's the way my yucca grows. The yucca tree is different. It dies back only so far and branches off to other stems to grow to flower.

Stush - we have to wait for Harry to come back from his trip to Vienna!
Rina

Hello all,

Now the plant is this far. What to do: will it completely die or can I break out the flowerstalk??

greeting

Harry

hey, harry, weather looks nice in netherlands.

cut the stalk off-they are tough.

the rosette that bloomed will probably die over winter and side shoots will come on.

Harry,

Best to leave alone. Damage is done. Just enjoy the show. I cut mine off as soon as it just appears and it's still too late. You will get more from the root stock. Sadly it is never as big or robust as the original.

Stush

Thanks guys,

There's no hope (at least not much)

Maybe it will take another 15 years to see this again.

"Patience" is my second name

Harry

wow Harry- just now seeing the pics of your growing space. it is amazing. It must take a lot of effort to maintain it? I don't think i could do it anymore : )

Hello Neil,

As said earlier I sometimes live there.

Almost every day after work I'm there for an hour or so. Keeps my from the street and out off the pub :)

Harry

The main rosette does not die; it branches after bloom. At least, that is what happens here.

Well, let's hope so.

Thanks all. Will let you know next spring.

Harry