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pdid
Joined: Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:15 am Posts: 203 Location: Garstang, Lancs UK
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Yucca rostrata flower dilemma?
My Yucca rostrata is flowering. I've mixed feelings about this, part of me wants to see the flower but a bigger part of me loves the starburst effect I have at the moment. There is also a chance it will branch after flowering which I don't really want either. So the question to leave as is or to chop out the flower? It's going to look crap for a while either way. by , on Flickr by , on Flickr by , on Flickr
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Phil
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David Matzdorf
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Joined: Mon Oct 29, 2007 4:06 pm Posts: 5321 Location: Islington, London UK
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Re: Yucca rostrata flower dilemma?
If it is going to branch, cutting off the inflorescence now is not going to prevent it.
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Fri Jun 03, 2016 8:38 am |
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pdid
Joined: Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:15 am Posts: 203 Location: Garstang, Lancs UK
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Re: Yucca rostrata flower dilemma?
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Phil
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Kev Spence
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Joined: Mon Oct 29, 2007 3:59 pm Posts: 10902 Location: Loughborough, Leics, central UK
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Re: Yucca rostrata flower dilemma?
Phil I have always cut them off x3 now and it has prevented any of mine from branching. I would wait until a little more of the inflorecense is showing, than in your picture, then cut as low as possible. I think with a little luck you could get new growth pushing through the dead hole by the end of the year this is what happened with mine.
Just found the pics this is 5 months after the cut
12 months
18 months
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Pierre
Joined: Mon Nov 29, 2010 8:11 pm Posts: 287 Location: Perpignan, Southern France
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Re: Yucca rostrata flower dilemma?
I have never had problem with young Yucca rostrata flowering (I don't care if they branch, but usually they only branch when they are older, say more than 80 cm or 1M of clean trunk), but with Nolina you must cut the flower on young plants, because it can suck all the strength from the plant or make it fall down. I only let Nolina with solid trunk flowering.
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David Matzdorf
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Joined: Mon Oct 29, 2007 4:06 pm Posts: 5321 Location: Islington, London UK
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Re: Yucca rostrata flower dilemma?
I think they are "branching" after they flower, but only making one branch. My understanding is that an inflorescence on Y. rostrata terminates the growing point - it isn't an axillary inflorescence, so it has to make a "branch". Or two, or three, depending on the maturity of the plant.
If someone else knows better, do tell.
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pdid
Joined: Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:15 am Posts: 203 Location: Garstang, Lancs UK
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Re: Yucca rostrata flower dilemma?
Those pictures are a massive help thanks keV.
Thanks for the replies, it seems to be 50/50 on whether to let it flower or chop it off. I'm not precious about flowers and it would seem that they don't always branch on flowering, so I'm going to let it get a bit bigger then chop it out. I have plenty of growing season for it to heal the cut.
The common consensus seems to be 2 years to regrow the crown.
Thanks again.
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Phil
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Pierre
Joined: Mon Nov 29, 2010 8:11 pm Posts: 287 Location: Perpignan, Southern France
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Kev Spence
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Joined: Mon Oct 29, 2007 3:59 pm Posts: 10902 Location: Loughborough, Leics, central UK
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Re: Yucca rostrata flower dilemma?
Dam that's annoying another flower spike I have just spotted today.
Did you do it Phil?
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pdid
Joined: Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:15 am Posts: 203 Location: Garstang, Lancs UK
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Re: Yucca rostrata flower dilemma?
_________________ Regards
Phil
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Pierre
Joined: Mon Nov 29, 2010 8:11 pm Posts: 287 Location: Perpignan, Southern France
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Re: Yucca rostrata flower dilemma?
The bud is probably edible...
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Kev Spence
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Joined: Mon Oct 29, 2007 3:59 pm Posts: 10902 Location: Loughborough, Leics, central UK
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Re: Yucca rostrata flower dilemma?
Probably....
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Sat Jun 11, 2016 7:29 am |
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Andy Martin
Joined: Thu Apr 24, 2008 8:58 pm Posts: 1279 Location: Oxford UK
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Re: Yucca rostrata flower dilemma?
Sometimes just sometimes flowering can change the shape of a plant Before Flowering... beautiful pendulous leaves. After flowering Yep ...looks like it has been dragged through a hedge backwards
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Tim B
Joined: Wed Feb 13, 2013 11:56 pm Posts: 417 Location: Seekonk, Massachusetts USA, USDA zone 6b
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Re: Yucca rostrata flower dilemma?
I can't imagine cutting off a Yucca bloom.........especially a rostrata bloom. How are rostratas blooming so small in your climate? Are your Yuccas really rostrata? Do the leaf margins have a fine serrated edge? They seem like a different form from the two I have. Never a bloom on mine since I received them in 2002.
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