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Wind-Stripped Outdoor Yucca: Patience for Regrowth

Yuccas stripped of leaves by Irish winter winds aren't dead if trunks aren't collapsed or mushy. New growth only emerges from the top (palm-like). May take up to a year. Protect future tops with plastic+burlap wrap. If trunk dies, roots may send up side shoots—wait until 30cm tall before removing old trunks. Yuccas are nearly unkillable.

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