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neilhartleyneilhartley Posts: 2
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New to this today.
plant in tub purchased years ago. A yucca?
now has an alien looking stem/flower growing from it.
ist this normal? Anyone able to I’d it?
thanks in advance

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  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    Yes, a yucca with a flowering stem.  You can cut that stem right back as far as you can reach, once it has finished flowering.  There are so many yuccas that I can't help with an ID though.
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,906
    Hello neilhartley and welcome to the forum. I think your plant maybe one of the Aloe family. There are loads of them so I cannot be more specific.
    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    Might it be BESCHORNERIA  YUCCOIDES ?



    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • neilhartleyneilhartley Posts: 2
    so pleased it is a yucca and not an alien. First time it has flowered. Many thanks for your assistance and advice.
    I’m not much of a gardener, more a tidier than anything. After fracturing my shoulder I hope to get back to it soon.
    thank you all.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I’m a bit late to ID your yucca, but having had a recent shoulder problem
    i just wanted to wish you a rapid recovery ... very frustrating isn’t it 🙄
    😊 

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





  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    Silver surfer is right 👍
    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    Sorry it is not Yucca..
    It is Beschornia...with leaves that look like a Yucca.
    As mentioned above...... Beschornia yuccoides

    https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/27870/i-Beschorneria-yuccoides-i/Details

    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
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