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[INDOOR-GARDENING:348] Re: Yucca

>> I have a yucca standing outside my front door, but I'm not sure how to take
>> care of it. Someone told me not to water it too much, but what about winter
>> approaching & all the rain water it will soak in? Should I bring it inside?

Depends on the species. Some are very hardy, and some not so. For example,
Y. torreyi (first year seedlings) in pots under a slight overhang on the
northeast of the house survived over winter here in the Philadelphia area.
The plants DID get rained on (we rarely get significant snow). Yucca
schottii in the same situation did not survive. Y. torreyi, schottii,
glauca, and brevifolia all did find inside a detached garage (from November
to April) with no water, no heat, and no light. Again all first and second
year seedlings in pots. Don't recall results with Y. baccata or Y.
harrimanae.

There is at least one Yucca species native to the Northeast. The plants are
used in landscapes here, also.

BTW, mine are in a soil mix of 1:1:1 play sand:perlite:Montgomery County
(Penna) dirt, and are watered heavily during the growing season, to
encourage growth. The plants have large underground roots/tubers/whatevers.
Moving a mature plant growing in the ground is traumatic on the mover, not
to mention the movee.
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