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Help with ID please
Lulu The Lurcher
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Does anyone know what this is. It was hidden under
neath the conifer but is now exposed and looking quite pleased about it. The fronds are quite stiff and very sharp at the ends
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A phormium perhaps or possibly a yucca
If it's sharp probably the yucca. They can be vicious
In the sticks near Peterborough
Phormiums have a clump forming habit where the leaves all come from one place and yucccas tend to have separate 'trunks' - a bit like cordylines. If you look in amongst it - (carefully!) you might be able to get a better idea.
If that makes any sense
It does look more like a yukka to me.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Could it be a kniphofia?
Looks too spikey to me to be a kniphofia
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I am pretty sure this is a yucca, and a really healthy one too! Just watch the spikey ends of the leaves if you have small children, they are very sharp!
If they are at eye-height for anyone, snip the ends off with a
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thanks! Great tip about the tips Dove