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 Mary
Mary, quite contrary,
How does your garden grow? With silver
bells and cockle shells, and pretty maids all in
a
row....
If only gardening were as simple as that little
nursery rhyme. But it isn`t, so we are putting some
of the solutions here to problems you have written to
us about, so everyone can have the benefit.
Please
e-mail me with your garden problems,
comments, or ideas for this section of
laterlife. Click
here for previous
editions of Gardener`s Diary.
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January 2005
Although I have answered all your gardening queries by email, the
ones I had set aside to print here this month got mislaid in the
Christmas rush, and the original emails together with my replies
have been lost in cyberspace!
Rather than not putting in a page at all I have decided to put some
cultivation hints below for YUKKAS as so many readers have
problems with them:-
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Yukka is a genus of about 40 species
of rosette-forming or woody-based perennials, evergreen shrubs,
and erect, eventually spreading, evergreen trees from hot, dry
places, such as desert, sand dunes, and plains, in North and
Central America and the West Indies. A mature Yukka is a False
Palm. It will need a deep, well-drained container which can be
moved outdoors in summer. In winter it will require an unheated
and well-lit spot.
Temperature: Average warmth in summer
- minimum 55F in winter. Brightly lit spot. Provide as much
light as possible.
Water: Keep compost moist at all times but
never waterlogged. Reduce watering in winter.
Use soft, tepid water. Misting is not necessary.
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