Yuka Plant

Inside though plant the yucca in a loose well drained potting mix.

Yuka plant. Yucca plants grow slowly storing water in their bulbous bases or their dense trunks. Excess watering can lead to yellow leaves with brown tips dead leaves and root rot. The potting mix doesn t need to be specially formulated or rich. Yucca naturally grows in sandy dry deserts.

Problems associated with inadequate care. In fact this isn t a good idea for low maintenance yuccas. Follow the right watering schedule to. Though yucca is a hardy plant lack of appropriate care can make it susceptible to a host of pest attacks and growth issues.

Its 40 50 species are notable for their rosettes of evergreen tough sword shaped leaves and large terminal panicles of white or whitish flowers they are native to the hot and dry parts of the americas and the caribbean early reports of the species were confused with the cassava manihot esculenta. Unlike its cousin the banana yucca shrub the mojave yucca is a type of tree that grows to 16 ft. As its name suggests the yucca plant is native to the mojave desert and has dangerously sharp leaves. As a result a yucca plant is a top contender in a natural garden in the south.

Yucca plant diseases and other growth related problems.