Has anyone ever transplanted a yucca plant from one area of the yard to another?

What are the roots like on a yucca? Can they be safely transplanted? How? When is the best time of year to transplant them? Not sure what zone I'm in though... North-central Ohio.

Has anyone ever transplanted a yucca plant from one area of the yard to another?
Wow, that's a lot of questions! Lol. :-)


While I have never transplanted a yucca plant myself, I have done some research on the subject. For your first question... Yucca roots vary depending on the individual variety of yucca you are transplanting. They can be short stolons or tubers that resemble Mr. Hanky or they can be long winding rhizomes that go deep underground. You will need to be very careful until you determine which variety you are working with. Most Yuccas can be safely and easily transplanted. Please see the links below. They contain step-by-step instructions. The best time of year for your hardiness zone (5b) will most likely be late spring so that the plant has a long growing season to develop healthy roots. Also, please check out the last link below as it describes the wonderful benefits of adding ground yucca root to your diet for joint pain relief! Good luck!
Reply:Yucca has a big tap root (like a carrot) dig down 10 inches or so and ten inches away except on one side go in there to cut the tap root and loosen the dirt as best you can and pry it out. They are tough and you will perhaps believe you've lost it as sometimes it will die back and wilt and look terrible but next year it will be fine.
Reply:It is easy to do, just dig it up and replant it where your want it. Make sure you get all the roots that you can. Give it water at first to keep the roots moist after transplanting. I have dug them up along the road and brought them home with no problems at all.
Reply:Should be easy. We have moved them pretty much year around except if ground is frozen. Just dig up by spading several inches away from the base ...cut off a section with a sharp knife to divide or just replant. If you have a 'baby' at the base...seperate and plant it too. mainly make sure the area is well drained and plenty of sun....probably spring after frost time [late April for you] is best.
Reply:I'm in zone 8. Our answer is to yank them out of the ground by wrapping a chain around them, drag them to the burn pile, and by the time they've dried enough to burn they've already rerooted themselves. If you want some, come and get them. HELP!!
Reply:Yucca seems to be about the easiest thin there is to transplant. The easiest way to transplant it is to take 2 to 3 foot section of the stem and stick about a foot of the butt end into the ground. Or you can dig up the original plant and move it. Yucca has a tap root system and you won't get it all and the original plant will probably come back as well.