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Re: YUCCA SEEDS

Lloyd A Mclean wrote:
> 
> Dear Dawn;
> 
> I got some filementosa seeds last year from Chilterns. I planted them in
> February under lights with some bottom heat in a sandy perlite mix. Most
> germinated and over this past summer grew about 15 cm or so. I planted them
> outdoors in a sheltered place that gets quite hot with the sun.
> Why all this happened is because I was given a plant a few years back and
> planted it outdoors not expecting much. However , in the second year it
> bloomed spectacularly. (2m high, large creamy white flowers etc,) so I
> wanted more.
> The irony now is that the old plant has sent up a dozen or more shoots that
> are 20-30 cm high in just one year. I now have quite a patch of Yucca that
> promises to be a show next year or the year after.
> 
> Lloyd McLean
> Chester Basin, Nova Scotia
> 
> Zone 5?

This is not precisely a propagation question, but since you are on the
subject of yuccas, can anyone tell me how to kill them? I inherited
several in an overgrown city garden and they have resisted being dug out
(several times down to three feet), and numerous applications of Roundup
and Dragon Brush Killer. Any help would be appreciated.

Mariah Travis
Zone 7
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