YUCCA ROSTRATA

ORIGIN AND CHARACTERISTICS

This species also known as “Yucca Picuda” or “Amole”, is native to Mexico and the southern United States. It belongs to the Aspargaceae family.

This particular plant has a very particular rosette shape that makes it stand out. Its trunk can branch out and is covered with evergreen leaves, they are dry and together with the branches it can reach 5 meters in height. These leaves are grayish-green, hard and thin.

From the inflorescence of this plant white flowers appear on the leaves. They usually bloom in the warm seasons, between spring and summer. These flowers are arranged in a cluster that highlights the beauty of this plant.

DECORATION OF ... EXTERIOR OR INTERIOR?

If we want to decorate our garden, Yucca Rostrata is usually used as an isolated specimen in ornamental gardens due to its rosette shape. They can also be planted in groups when the specimens are not yet large.

When they do not yet reach a large size, we can place them on our terraces or balconies, due to their slow growth we can have them for many years without problems. It is also a very easy plant to care for, it only needs a sunny area and a well-drained pot.

CARE FOR CACTUS AND SUCCULENTS

They are showy plants, very pretty and that practically do not need much maintenance.

- They prefer places with direct light or that have good lighting, preferably next to a window, on a balcony, a terrace or in your Garden.

- They can withstand low temperatures, around -10ºC.

- It is essential that they have good drainage, both in the soil and in a pot.

- The ideal substrate for cacti has to be combined with sand and gravel, so that they have good drainage, humidity and excess water are not good.

- Irrigation does not have to be excessive. From spring to autumn, which would be its growth period, water every 15 days, abundant watering and wait for the soil to be very dry again. In winter do not water or give one watering per month.

- Fertilizer. During the growing season (spring - autumn) you can fertilize them with worm humus. Eggshells are a good homemade fertilizer, they contain (Calcium, Iron, Potassium, magnesium and Phosphorus) these nutrients are very important and favor their growth, you must crush and mix them with the substrate, administer them a couple of times a year.

- Treatment against fungi due to excess humidity, disinfect the area with a copper-based fungicide.

- If you want to transplant them from the pot or the ground, the best time would be from spring.

And don't forget that to work with cacti you have to wear good gloves.