Title: Garden Guides | How to Transplant Yucca Plants
Headings: How to Transplant Yucca Plants
How to Transplant Yucca Plants
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Content: It's easy to understand why the yucca plant is sometimes called Spanish bayonet or Adam's needle. If you live in a climate with cold winters, transplant yucca in spring, after all danger of frost has passed. Trim off any damaged or diseased roots with garden shears, then transplant the yucca plant as quickly as possible. If the yucca is large, put it in a box or a wheelbarrow to move it to the new location. Dig a hole as deep as the yucca's root system, and twice as wide. Mix a shovelful of compost and a shovelful of sand with the reserved soil. Plant the yucca in the hole, with the top of the yucca plant at the same soil depth as it was before. Be sure the yucca is straight, and faces the same direction as it was before. Fill the hole around the plant with the soil mixture, and tamp the soil down with the back of the shovel. Trim off any damaged or diseased roots with garden shears, then transplant the yucca plant as quickly as possible.