How To Prune A Yucca And Encourage New Growth

Drum roll please......the Yucca tree that I pruned roughly 11 months ago, right before Succot, has finally finally sprouted some tiny new growth on the pruned stump. The piece that we cut off that was too tall for our Succah and taller than the one we left, has long since rooted and is a nice sized Yucca plant in itself. I was expecting that the stump would produce babies in the spring, at the latest, and yet nothing happened. I started to doubt the success of the idea and thought that maybe I left the stump too high and it should really be shorter and closer to the soil for success, which might be the case, but for now I'll watch the tiny new babies grow and keep track of just how long it takes. Can't wait for this to fill out and for this lovely Yucca in our courtyard to really look amazing. As far as the uncut stalk, it may have to be pruned in the future as well. This Yucca started as a tiny baby 23 years ago, and my look how it has grown! Totally recommend Yucca, just keep them groomed so that you see the stalk, please! Keep on reading to see the tiny new shoots!

See the new tiny shoot? I'm considering putting something over it, like a little cage so that it doesn't accidently get disturbed by a ball flying into the courtyard from neighboring children or even a bird. So excited and can't wait to share the future photos!