Re: Yucca question from rec.gardens

    Interested to hear what Dave Poole had to say about Yucca elephantipes 
since, about 4 years ago, I bought a small potted specimen of a variegated 
Y.elephantipes. This was in Richard Darlow's garden in Yorkshire, which is 
well worth visiting, not only for its collection of plants, but also to see 
which plants will survive winters in darkest Barnsley, far, far away from any 
maritime influences.  The Yucca has grown slowly but steadily & is now about 
a foot across and slightly less tall. It sounds to me that it would grow much 
faster in the ground? It has been outside all this time, and is currently in 
a pot that is, what, 8inches? This is probably what's restricting its growth, 
although I would assume that, like many plants, the variegated forms are 
slower-growing than the plain.   

Einion Hughes, Rhyl,
Denbighshire, Wales, U.K.
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