Will Yukka trees survive winter?

I am trying to get hold of a 4-8ft yukka plant/tree the type with the thick leaves. The question is will it survive a winter? What about if it's been growing in a conservatory?

A few homes near me have them but my indoor yukka that I put outside this summer has been dying so I've brought it back inside...

 

I'm not storing it anywhere - I haven't bought it yet. What about my yukka which was outside most of the summer but still didn't like this winter? Do some types survive better than others? Or maybe being planted in the ground would help a lot?

 

There are hardy (outside) ones and tender (indoor) ones.

Both are spelt "Yucca".

 

Basically if its bought as a house plant, and in the house plant section of a garden centre then its best grown as a house plant.
This is the type that you usually see with long bare stems, and a bunch or two of leaves.

The garden types are usually shorter and many have spines on the ends of the leaves, they will be hardy.

Some people say that they have managed to keep the indoor type (elephantipes), outdoors, but I'm sure they must have much milder gardens than me, mine have survived, but looked so bad at the end of winter, I've just dug them out.

 

Is this the kind of thing you are looking for.
This plant was a house plant for many years then it got to big and was put in a large pot outside.
It also out grew that so had to go into the garden.
It's been out in the garden for a few years and seems to be doing O.K.
It's growing fast enough.
I'm not sure what it is but I'm sure someone will.
I live in the Midlands and we can get some really cold weather.

 

ooh i'm in the Midlands as well.. I saw a map showing first frost dates and last frost dates and the midlands appeared to have the earliest and latest frosts in the UK - why is this? Is is a lack of wind off the sea which warms things?

 

Yes that's exactly the sort of thing i'm after - it looks like quite a thick leaved plant I notice they're the ones that seem to do well outside...

 

" There are hardy (outside) ones and tender (indoor) ones.

Both are spelt "Yucca"."

Quercus aren't there Cortaderias (or somesuch assuming I haven't got muddled up with an ornamental Grass!!) that mascarade in the Yucca sections of garden centres?

 

Cortaderias are pampas grasses and the like

Cordyline is the cabbage palm (suspisiously like the one Lyn's photo) Which are sometimes mistaken for yuccas

All this goes to show why we need to use the correct botanical name for stuff, or it leads to confusion, and makes giving advice really hard!

 

In general, the further from the sea you are the more frost you will get. The temperature of the sea, around Britain, never drops much below 5c, so has a warming effect on coastal areas. The Midlands don't benifit from having a near-by sea!

 

But if the OP only knows 4 plant names (and can't spell) I'm afraid I may have to rely on your expertise to decipher what I'm trying to say LOL

 

"Cortaderias are pampas grasses and the like

Cordyline is the cabbage palm"

I knew I didn't know my Cortaderias from my Cordylines :D


"(suspisiously like the one Lyn's photo) Which are sometimes mistaken for yuccas"

That's what I thought too ... doesn't look quite like my Yuccas.

 

So whats the one I have in my garden?
Is it a cordyline cabbage palm.

I thought it was a Yucca :dh: