Yucca Gloriosa Variegata....strange goings on

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In the space of a month my Yucca Gloriosa has gone from a fine looking juvenile specimen to something resembling a painter's pallette with a weird growth pattern
Here is a pic of my plant in July

A pic of the plant today

The only thing I can think of is that I removed a side shoot as I wanted to keep a single stemmed plant. Has it shocked the plant?

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Posted : 04/08/2012 5:08 pm

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Getting ready to flower!

Congrats! :cheers:

Posted : 04/08/2012 7:33 pm

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WOW...your garden is nice and green. 😀

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Posted : 04/08/2012 9:00 pm

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Great looking garden Andy! Very odd that your Yucca did this. It appears that it's energy was used somewhere else and not in the main leaf head. Is the main leaf head growing again? Are more offshoots forming around the main trunk? Worst case would be that the main stem dies and a new offshoot takes over. Perhaps it was bad timing when you removed the original offshoot.

PS what's the broad leaf evergreen in the center of the first photo? A Schefflera? Very nice!!

Posted : 05/08/2012 1:05 am

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I second that! That is truly beautiful!

Posted : 05/08/2012 1:07 am

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PS what's the broad leaf evergreen in the center of the first photo? A Schefflera? Very nice!!

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Posted : 05/08/2012 8:47 am

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Jim.... I would have thought the plant was a bit small for flowering with very little trunk but hey ho if if it flowers :occasion5:
Tim... Jim is also correct Tetrapanax Papyrifera. This is the T Rex clone. Can produce massive leaves. In my garden the mother plant lost its main stem in the December '10 freeze.
In the spring new plants grow from the roots... yes this plant can be very invasive
Thanks for your comments on my green garden 😀 This has been probably our worse Summer in years with lots of rain and low temps but we did have a week of warm sunny weather recently so we can be thankful for small mercies. I certainly would not like Jim's summer heat or his Winter freezes 😉

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Posted : 05/08/2012 6:00 pm

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Cool form of Tetrapanex. Why is yours so different looking from mine?

Posted : 05/08/2012 8:40 pm

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Yours is probably Steroidal giant Tim(?)

Heres mine flowering a couple years ago in early September

Posted : 05/08/2012 10:29 pm

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Tim .... yours looks like steroidal form.. still very nice though 😀
Jim... A lovely specimen obviously enjoying your summer heat. Those green Aloifolia behind look superb... lean and mean... my specimen looks like a bloated tart by comparison 🙄

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Posted : 06/08/2012 7:15 am

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I think yours looks fine,the leaf color is probably from fungus with all the rain there.

Mine looks like that sometimes coming out of winter.....

Posted : 06/08/2012 8:28 am