{"product_id":"nasiona-juki-valida-yucca-valida","title":"Yucca valida Seeds - Yucca valida","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"font-size:14pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"color:#656B39;\"\u003eValida Yucca - Yucca valida\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size:12pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"color:#656B39;\"\u003eYucca valida\u003c\/strong\u003e is a magnificent, tree-like yucca from the Baja California Peninsula in northwestern Mexico, locally known as datilillo, meaning “little date”. Mature specimens form a single or repeatedly branched trunk with gray-brown, fissured bark and usually reach 3–7 m in height. Rigid, lance-shaped leaves measuring 15–35 cm long are arranged in dense, upright crowns, while dead leaves remain on the trunk, forming a characteristic brown “skirt” extending up to 2 m below the living foliage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"font-size:14pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrowth and Development Characteristics\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size:12pt;\"\u003eValida Yucca grows slowly. During their first years, young plants form a basal rosette of yellow-green to gray-green leaves 1.5–2.5 cm wide, ending in a sharp brown spine; the leaf margins are fibrous and toothless. Only after several years does a columnar trunk develop, branching with age into a candelabra-like crown. When grown in containers in Europe, the plant usually reaches \u003cstrong\u003e1–2 m\u003c\/strong\u003e after several years, while in nature it grows to \u003cstrong\u003e3–7 m\u003c\/strong\u003e with a crown width of \u003cstrong\u003e2–4 m\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"font-size:14pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFlowering and Fruiting\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size:12pt;\"\u003eMature specimens flower from March to August, producing upright, compact panicles with numerous creamy-white, bell-shaped flowers whose scent has been compared to dill. In nature, they are pollinated exclusively by Tegeticula baja moths. After pollination, fleshy berries measuring \u003cstrong\u003e2.5–4.5 cm\u003c\/strong\u003e develop; when ripe, they are black and have sweet, edible flesh. In European cultivation, only large, mature plants flower.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"font-size:14pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin and Natural Habitat\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size:12pt;\"\u003eThe species was described by Townshend Brandegee in 1889. It occurs from the area around Arroyo El Rosario in Baja California, through the Vizcaíno Desert and Magdalena Plain, to the Cape Region in Baja California Sur; it is also marginally recorded in Sonora and Sinaloa. It grows mainly on the Pacific side of the peninsula, at lower elevations, in desert scrub on rocky and sandy soils.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"font-size:14pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCultivation Requirements\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size:12pt;\"\u003eValida Yucca needs full sun, at least 6 hours of direct light per day, and poor, very well-drained soil: cactus soil with a large addition of coarse sand, gravel, perlite or pumice. It is one of the most drought-tolerant yucca species - water moderately in summer, after the substrate has dried out completely, and hardly at all in winter. In dry soil, it tolerates brief frosts down to about \u003cstrong\u003e-6\/-7 °C\u003c\/strong\u003e (USDA zone 9a); in moist soil, its frost tolerance is significantly lower, and frost combined with wet soil leads to rot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size:12pt;\"\u003eIn the temperate climate of Europe, container cultivation is the safest option: place it on a sunny terrace in summer, and keep it in a bright, cool (5–12 °C), dry room in winter. In the warmest regions of Southern Europe, it can be grown outdoors in beds with excellent drainage. Limit fertilization to one or two applications of cactus fertilizer during the season.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"font-size:14pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrnamental Uses\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size:12pt;\"\u003eThanks to its architectural, sculptural form, Valida Yucca is a valued specimen plant in desert and Mediterranean gardens, as well as an impressive container plant. It is resistant to drought, heat and poor soils. 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