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Mouse/vole damage to yucca plants

CrankyYankeeCrankyYankee Posts: 504
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As the snow melted I noticed most of my yucca plants were pretty flat, and I thought it was due to the weight of the snow.  Now that they're completely exposed, I can see that mice or voles chewed off most if not all of the leaves on the majority of my plants.  Will the plants produce new leaves, or are they probably dead at this point?

New England, USA
Metacomet soil with hints of Woodbridge and Pillsbury

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  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    edited April 2023
    It looks to me more the yucca(s) died and the centre (center) rotted.  The mice probably came later.
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • CrankyYankeeCrankyYankee Posts: 504
    They were all healthy back in January, and there are still some that look fine.  Do you think the extreme cold would have killed them?  These were planted by my mother probably 30 or more years ago, but transplanted within the last 4 years.  Others planted around the yard have no damage at all.
    New England, USA
    Metacomet soil with hints of Woodbridge and Pillsbury
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    CrankyYankee said:
    Do you think the extreme cold would have killed them? 
    More likely than mice/voles in my opinion.
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
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