Title: ENH1159/EP419: Agave and Yucca: Tough Plants for Tough Times
Headings: Agave and Yucca: Tough Plants for Tough Times
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Agave and Yucca: Tough Plants for Tough Times 1
Agave
Yucca
Plant Requirements and Placement
Water and Fertilizer
Pests, Diseases, and Cultural Problems
Container Gardening
Propagation
Historical and Modern Uses
Agave Toxicities
References
Table 1

Content: Bulbils usually develop as the flowers die. They can be removed and potted at any time, but they establish faster if allowed to remain on the flower stalk until at least four leaves have formed. Yucca may be rooted from rhizome or stem cuttings. Three-inch sections of rhizomes can be collected in late winter and placed horizontally on well-drained potting soil in a warm, humid environment; shoots and roots form several weeks later. Semihardwood cuttings from the current season's growth also may be collected and rooted