Question
Hi Erin, I have a yuka plant that has lived out side for the past 5 years 'I don't know what type it is'? and is very healthy but its got too big. I got it as a house plant about 12years ago along with another; which is also doing very well 'it is ground planted'. Both where about 12"high when I got them. The yuka plant in question is a single stem plant.In 2006 the frost got to its top and rot started in; So I cut the top off. There where tiny shuts underneath where I cut it, all have exploded into growth 'about 12 of them'.
I know it needs really to be planted in the ground but I don't have the room. I have a small garden and the other yuka plant takes up a big bit of that,'it has 5 branches'. Finally my question is will the shoots off this yuka in question be able to be transplanted into separate pots and if so how do, I do it. P.s both yukas are about 5'5" tall are in regular well feed soil. watered only during the late spring and on going through the summer. feed every 4 weeks through the summer both look very happy nether have flowered in the past 10 years

Answer
Hi Lesley! Thanks for your question.  
One way to get yuccas to flower, is to ignore them. Make sure they're in really well drained soil, with sand, gravel & soil in it, and don't feed them.  Let the rain water them unless you're having a drought.  They thrive on neglect!  Yuccas, like other desert-type plants, need a period of very dry weather and no fertilizer, before they'll bloom.  The feeding they're getting may include nitrogen which is great for green leaf growth but will only get you lots of leaves and no blooms.

If the shoots from the yucca you cut back have any roots on them, you can definitely plant them in seperate pots.  That's a great idea.  Just take the entire clump of shoots and gently divide them up by prying them apart. Put each 'offset' (another word for yucca baby plants) in a pot containing: equal parts potting soil, coarse builder's type sand and perlite or tiny, tiny gravel (the kind you get for a fish tank - no colour, natural - where each piece is about the size of a BB or okra seed. Mix this well and water it until it drains out of the bottom of the pot, then push a hole into the mix and plant the yucca offset. Water it again, no food, and don't water again until the soil is really dry.  You should be able to stick a finger into the soil and feel no moisture up to the 3rd knuckle before watering again.

To give you more detailed info on your yuccas, if you could give me a bit more information, it would help to know what region/climate you live in. Also, what colour are your yuccas? Does the biggest one have a trunk?  If you could describe what the yuccas look like a little more, it would be a great help. For instance, are the leaves very narrow and bluish-green, is there a trunk and limbs that looks like it's made up of flattened down older leaves? With this extra information, I could give you more detailed tips on caring for your yuccas, propagating more, how big they'll ultimately get, etc.  

I hope this helps. Let me know how your yucca babies do!
Best wishes,
Erin