Yucca plants, can you split them to make more plants or to make them smaller?

I have a large Yucca plant in my garden, it looks like it can be spilt to make smaller plantings. Can this be done and if so when is a good time, before or after it has flowered?

Yucca plants, can you split them to make more plants or to make them smaller?
Yes after they bloom if they bloom you can dig them up and cut the roots with some top to each part. Plant it keep it watered and it will go great. I know since I had some from a friend that I planted 8 years ago. Now they are huge and are ready to share again. I would pick fall or early spring to do it since the heat may bother then. Happy growing.
Reply:fall would be a good time,they all so look like they are dead. just leave them alone..next spring trim them back and you will be good to go................good luck
Reply:Yes, I have done so myself, successfully. Do it this fall, before the frost, or in the spring. Now would be the worst time, its too hot.
Reply:Sure you can split them.





Getting RID of them is the problem - you can dig those suckers out completely, and if there's the tiniest bit of root - next year you'll still have a Yucca plant.





What the previous poster said - not now. Next spring would be best, when they just begining their growth cycle.