On 28/1/07 20:31, in article , "."
. wrote:

Hi,
I have a yucca in my front garden which was successfully moved last
Spring from a shady border in the back garden to it's present location,
thanks for the advice back then! Since then it has flourished and in Autumn
a flower spike started growing. Whilst the individual flowers are now
starting to die off a bit, overall it still looks good. However, due to it's
length ( flower spike must be around 4ft tall) the plant is getting rocked a
bit in the high winds we have been getting recently. Could someone advise
please, do I allow the flower to die right back, or do I remove it now?


If it's bothering you, remove the flower spike and let it dry out somewhere.
Use it for indoor flower arrangements. I begged several from a local
nursery several years ago, just touched them here and there with gold spray
paint and they looked truly spectacular in a Christmas flower arrangement in
church.
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Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
(remove weeds from address)