Can anybody tell me what's going on here, just noticed this today and not sure if its supposed this,

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• Dovefromabove Posts: 88,147

  May 2019

  How lovely 😊 

  
  Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
  
  
  
  
  
  

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• Harper.steve7 Posts: 3

  May 2019

  So I dont have too chop it down then 😂😂, anything i should do with it ? Its about 8 yrs old and this is the first time it has done this 

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• scatpep54 Posts: 11

  May 2019

  Is that on of those razor sharp plants that GET you of a dark night and really bloody hurts?!!

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• fidgetbones Posts: 17,618

  May 2019

  Cordyline are soft.  Yuccas have the hard pointy leaves.
  

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• scatpep54 Posts: 11

  May 2019

  Ahh thanks fidgetbones😁

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• Ladybird4 Posts: 37,906

  May 2019 edited May 2019

  Hi @Harper.steve7. All you need to do - after the flowers have finished - is to cut off the old flowering stem. My sister has one that is flowering for the first time in 6 years and they are quite fascinating to see. Not sure you'd want them in a bouquet though.
  

  Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  

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• Harper.steve7 Posts: 3

  May 2019

  These leaves will cut you they are really sharp, its also about 15 ft tall , not sure how I am going to get up there to cut out stem when it stops flowering 😁

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• LG_ Posts: 4,360

  May 2019

  The flowers smell amazing. Mine is even taller and I can't cut it off. The flower stem eventually dries and usually falls off when it's windy in the winter.

  'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'

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• Ladybird4 Posts: 37,906

  May 2019

  @Harper.steve7 I get zero out of ten for observation!  I should have noticed the car etc and realised you had a beast there. @LG_ has given the best tip. Just enjoy your wonderful specimen.
  

  Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  

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