Propagating the yucca palm - this is the best way to do it (palm lily)

Propagation of Yucca elephantipes by cutting off

Yucca elephantipes is very easy to reproduce and reliably forms again from different, cut off plant parts. Whether you split the trunk or cut cuttings, they will most likely take root quickly. The easiest way to propagate is to divide the plant that has grown too large, for example, by cutting the trunk into pieces. Even broken plants can often be saved in this way. The best time to root the individual pieces of plant is in spring or early summer - at this time the plant is particularly prepared to grow. You can proceed as follows to propagate:

The trunks of very tall yuccas can be divided several times.
For example, you can subdivide the crest, the middle part of the trunk, as well as the trunk base.
The - mostly leafless - trunk base simply remains in the plant pot or is converted into fresh substrate.
Put the top and middle part in separate pots, preferably in a mixture of potting soil and sand.
Put the pots in a light and warm place
and keep the substrate slightly moist.
Leafy cuttings should be thinned out a bit, as the plants lose too much water through evaporation
and cannot take in any fresh ones because of the missing roots.
In this case, it also helps to spray the parts to be rooted more often instead.

Propagation of Yucca Filamentosa

The filamentous palm lily or garden yucca can also be propagated very easily. In particular, the reproduction by division and the planting of the offshoots are promising. Some gardening enthusiasts have also been able to propagate the plant by sowing seeds that they have collected themselves.

Share garden yucca

Yucca Filamentosa can become very wide, which is why it is wonderful to divide specimens that have grown too large. To do this, simply dig out the plant carefully with the help of a digging fork and divide it into the desired number of plants. Make sure that the delicate roots are damaged as little as possible.

Obtain and plant offshoots

The garden yucca conveniently forms numerous offshoots that only need to be separated from the mother plant, dug up and planted separately.

Caring for young garden yucca properly

Older garden yuccas are hardy down to minus 15 ° C and can therefore easily be left outside in milder winters. Young specimens as well as Yucca Filamentosa cultivated in pots should, however, initially overwinter in a cool, but frost-free and bright place. The plants should be hardened slowly so that after a few years they can finally be planted in the garden.