I need some help with this.
I'm not sure what kind of yucca this is. It came with the house. I've only seen maybe one or two others in th area.
I was told that for a while, someone brought a semi load of desert plants here each year till they got caught.
Anyway, My beautiful tree is sick. The limbs have swayed to the ground. The only thing that I can come up with is that we have had the wettest year that I can remember. And I'm on what they call "Hard Pan" so water held below the surface and doesn't soak in. So I could raise it to higher ground. But that's just a guess.
Anyone have any ideas?
Terry

Tree before.


Tree now

Terry I don't think there is anything wrong with it. They are very common here and tend to get top heavy. They will droop down to the ground and crawl. Once the head is on the ground they re-root into the soil and develop quite a few additional growing points.

Lazz,
That's a better prognosis than I was imagining. Great!
I guess I could put pots of dirt under each limb and make new plants when they root.
Terry

Laaz is right, and for the record your Yucca is Y. recurvifolia. If there where serious issues, that nice Butia (Pindo palm) over the fenceline would be in trouble but appears real fine.
You can even cut stems off and root them up in moist potting medium.

Cheers, Barrie.

Barrie,
Thank You so much for telling me the name of my yucca. That helps a lot.
I do have another question if anyone can help.
The tree blooms all summer but never goes to seed. Is there anything I can do to help it to go to seed? Do I need another pollinator?
Terry

Here you go Terry ... a bit of a read but it will answer your question(s).

Cheers, Barrie.

http://waynesword.palomar.edu/ww0902a.htm

I'm new at this ,So.
If I cut the drooping branches and try to root them:
a. Do I let the newly cut wood dry or scab over for a dew days before putting it in the soil?
b. Do I need to wait till Spring or is Fall OK?
c. Should I cut off the leaves when rooting?
Terry

"a. Do I let the newly cut wood dry or scab over for a dew days before putting it in the soil?"

It doesn't really matter too much either way. I've done it both ways with the same results each time, just not soggy soil. Moist is the best recommendation.

"b. Do I need to wait till Spring or is Fall OK?"

I just rooted some over the month of September. As long as the weather is pleasant, not chilly and rainy you should be fine.

"c. Should I cut off the leaves when rooting?"

Sure, go ahead and pull away about a thrid of the leaves from the lower main stem. Some will likely wither and fade as the rooting process takes place. No worries cause when the thing roots down it'll begin to develop new leaves.'

Cheers, Barrie.

Barrie is correct. To tell you the truth, you can throw a cut off branch over your fence & if it lands on its side it will root back in just like that...

Easy breezy ... ya.

Cheers, Barrie.