Looking for herbs or unique plants..thanks Lynn

Don ..... I grow half and dozen or so Yucca trees here on the east coast and I actually like the look they give more them palms. The grand-daddy of them all in size is the Yucca faxoniana ... huge barking trunk in diameter and very cold and moisture tolerant ..... the Rostratas are nice too, the Yucca elata in my opinion is the most cold and moisture tolerant maybe only second to the Rostrata. Make sure you plant them in well drained soil, do not over water, and you may want to raise the bed a good 6-12 inches .... make sure you identify where the root and trunk lines are and do not plant the yucca above the trunk line, it will rot at the base if you do so ... do not heavy mulch either ... Yuccas are very cold tolerant, more so then palms but they can not stand long period of moisture in the winter months, mulch holds to much moisture around the base, they are better off taking the cold at the cost of keeping as much moisture away from the base. Calplants mail-order in Vegas has large size Yucca trees for sale and ship. Good luck Like another post here ..... Windmill palms, do you protect them in the winter???

I dont think you will have a problem digging up the needle palm because you have a lot of room to make sure you dig as far out from the rootball as possible. Try not to damage any roots because root damage will set it back, but they will recover from root damage. Might take 2 years to fully establish (just like if it was newly planted) after that it should grow fast! Nice yucca! Not sure of the species, but it looks great. Almost reminds me of a ponytail palm! -Alex

As far as planting a needle palm, I would not. I posed this question several weeks ago when I was deciding whether or not to plant my needles, minors, and trachys. The consistent answer that I received was that IF they can get at least 12 weeks of frost free weather, they MAY have a chance. At this late date, that puts us at around Halloween. I know I'm not willing to take the chance that we won't have frost by then. Even on July 15, when I planted 1 extra trachy, I planted it knowing it may not make it, but I have so many in various stages of growth, including larger, that if it doesn't make it, I plan on planting more next spring anyway. I would treat yucca aloifolia the same way, I don't think they are rock solid hardy in zone 6 and would require similar conditions to a palm, i.e. favorable microclimate, well drained soil, protected from snow and ice events, etc... in addition to getting at least a good 12 weeks to lay down roots, although I would think preferably more.