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Surreal Succulents

Yucca thompsoniana

Yucca thompsoniana

£65.00 GBP
£65.00 GBP
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Yucca thompsoniana quick care tips

Watering

Yucca thompsoniana is a drought-tolerant succulent variety, so watering around once per week in the peak growing season is advised. Ensure the soil dries between waterings following the 3 Ds: drench, drain and dry. It is also advised to completely stop watering when conditions are frosty, keeping the plant dry for several months at a time over winter.

Feeding

Yucca thompsoniana likes to be fed to bring out its best forms and colours. We recommend feeding with a liquid seaweed feed every 2 weeks in the main growing season from April to September. A feed we recommend is the one from our friends at LittleGreenSeaweed.

Ideal soil

Yucca thompsoniana needs free draining soil to thrive. We recommend a mixture of 1/3 John Innes no.2, 1/3 perlite and 1/3 coconut coir. The soil mix we offer here is similar in composition to this.

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Yucca thompsoniana

Yucca thompsoniana or Thompson’s yucca is an amazingly hardy succulent plant that has stunning blue/silver and yellow foliage. It is very similar to Yucca rostrata, but it is more compact and has stiffer foliage with darker tips. The foliage has yellow stripes to the outer leaf margins and spiky tips. It is rumoured to be hardier than Yucca rostrata which can survive temperatures to -15°C.

Yucca thompsoniana is native to Chihuahua and Coahuila Mexico, Texas USA. It can grow up to 3 metres tall and 80cm to 1 meter wide. Yucca thompsoniana can flower in the early summer and produce a flower spike of up to 1m covered in fragrant white flowers. After flowering it can encourage the plant to form new heads and branch. Once mature you can certainly see the different habit of this plant compared to Yucca rostrata.

Difficulty

Intermediate

Featured Colour

Cyan

Growth Form

Singular rosette

Growth Rate

Moderate

Minimum Temperature

-15°C

Maximum Height & Spread

500 cm x 200 cm

Ideal Environment for Yucca thompsoniana

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