Q:I'm looking for help. Yucca in my garden bloom very poorly. I have a similar problem with imperial crowns, which do not bloom at all, even though I have relocated them to a new place. Why are my gladioli changing colors? They used to bloom in several shades, now only in three.
O:Garden yucca grows best in warm and sunny positions.The substrate should be permeable, slightly acidic, not too moist.From April to the end of June, yucca should be supplemented with fertilizer mixtures twice or three times.
Besides, yucca is not completely resistant to frost and it happens that its flower buds freeze. Deposition of water in the leaf rosette is very dangerous, especially in winter, causing rotting of flower budsTherefore, in autumn, it is worth tied up all the leaves and sprinkle them with bark up to 1/3 of their height.
The imperial chessboard is replanted every 3-4 years. Repotting too often slows down flowering. The bulbs are dug up in June, when the leaves dry on the plant. The stored bulbs must be protected against drying out by covering them with moist peat or sand.
It is best to plant them immediately in a new place.The imperial crown prefers wind-sheltered sites where the sun shines only until noon.The substrate should be permeable, humus-rich and neutral.
Due to its strong growth, the plant should be fertilized annually with a thin layer of compost or well-decomposed manure. The imperial crown blooms at the turn of April and May, therefore it often falls victim to late frosts.If the chessboard is planted too densely, it may also cause this plant to fail to bloom. The optimal seedling for a chessboard is 25 centimeters.
Many varieties of gladioli are quite short-lived. Their features are not too firmly established and they regress.Such variations need to be replaced frequently.
