Wanted

[I-75South]

Looking for Yucca Rostrata pups?

[OWgave]

Depending on your price range, there are a couple of small y. rostrata on Etsy and EBay.

Good luck on your search.

OWgave

[Gee.S]

I've never seen a Y. rostrata pup. If they offset at all, it's news to me.

[Fairview]

Nor have l, however I do have a small Y linearifolia that has somehow managed to sucker. Like to know why/how so I could get my other ones to do the same.

[Gee.S]

Nor have l, however I do have a small Y linearifolia that has somehow managed to sucker. Like to know why/how so I could get my other ones to do the same.

Y. brevifolia offsets prodigiously, but I haven't heard of successful separations. Some Yuccas are very fussy beasts compared to most agaves.

[Fairview]

Nor have l, however I do have a small Y linearifolia that has somehow managed to sucker. Like to know why/how so I could get my other ones to do the same.

Y. brevifolia offsets prodigiously, but I haven't heard of successful separations. Some Yuccas are very fussy beasts compared to most agaves.

I would like to be able to encourage suckering to create a multi-trunk appearance. One of my 4' linearifolias has 2 growing points. Hard to see at the moment but is definitely there. Should be more noticeable after this year with a bit more growth.

[Gafoto]

Nor have l, however I do have a small Y linearifolia that has somehow managed to sucker. Like to know why/how so I could get my other ones to do the same.

Y. brevifolia offsets prodigiously, but I haven't heard of successful separations. Some Yuccas are very fussy beasts compared to most agaves.

I pulled one off the base of my plant which is about 2’ tall. It survived the summer and seems to be ok this winter.

I wanted to keep a nice clean appearance but it decided to push out a new sucker in the exact same spot this fall.

[Paul S]

Growing conditions over this side of the puddle are different, I know, but over here with Yucca linearifolia you can pretty much take to the bank that cutting the top off will generate a number of suckers from the base. Certainly it is what it does in habitat and is the principal way it is propagated as it apparently rarely sets seed*. In one location the trunk actually crawls along the ground and offsets arise from along the side, which is weird.

Not as dependable but I've seen a few occasions when the main crown of Y. rostrata has been damaged and it has re-grown 1 or 2 heads from the roots.

*On one occasion we stayed for a couple of nights in a rather magnificent hotel just outside Saltillo - prime Yucca linearifolia country - and there were several magnificant specimens within the ground of the hotel. Thinking I had discovered a good source for seeds I asked the owner, who happened to speak perfect English, how often they set seed. She asked the gardeners, who told her that the plants never did but were spread via the 'hijos' (children!) which is how they referred to the offsets.

[Fairview]

Growing conditions over this side of the puddle are different, I know, but over here with Yucca linearifolia you can pretty much take to the bank that cutting the top off will generate a number of suckers from the base. Certainly it is what it does in habitat and is the principal way it is propagated as it apparently rarely sets seed*. In one location the trunk actually crawls along the ground and offsets arise from along the side, which is weird.

Not as dependable but I've seen a few occasions when the main crown of Y. rostrata has been damaged and it has re-grown 1 or 2 heads from the roots.

*On one occasion we stayed for a couple of nights in a rather magnificent hotel just outside Saltillo - prime Yucca linearifolia country - and there were several magnificant specimens within the ground of the hotel. Thinking I had discovered a good source for seeds I asked the owner, who happened to speak perfect English, how often they set seed. She asked the gardeners, who told her that the plants never did but were spread via the 'hijos' (children!) which is how they referred to the offsets.

I don't think I will be taking my chainsaw out anytime soon to conduct that experiment.