Yucca??

Hi,
I rescued this from a customer's house today, she said it was "dead" :eek:
(along with 2 Begonias which will be going to live with my Mother-In-Law)

The label on the pot said 'Yucca glor variegata', but I'm not convinced. I thought it was a Cordyline? Although having never owned either should I just trust the label?

I doesn't have a 'trunk' as such, rather an area where the dead leaves were.
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u164/BekiMac/Yucca1.jpg

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u164/BekiMac/Yucca2.jpg

If it's any further help - when I repotted it I realised it had these 'nodules' :

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u164/BekiMac/nobules.jpg

Any help apreciated,

Regards, Beki x

 

:( pants. Can anyone tell me why my pictures haven't worked?

I read through all of Daisees instructions in the 'How To..' thread, what have I missed?? :(

Well, I've replaced the red X with a link, so I'm half-way there! :o

 

Try clicking the 'Preview Post',that was the only way I could post up pic's at first.

 

Thanks for the tip Paladin

As you can see I've half fixed it, lol

Before the forum changed I had no problems, but I was younger and brighter then :D

Beki x

 

Beki, I think something might have gone wrong during the upload to PB.
Have another go.

 

I can see the pics (as usual what it is with me and pics?).

Check this link:
http://images.google.com/imgres?img...ariegata&um=1&hl=de&rls=com.microsoft:de&sa=N
Good pics of Yucca gloriosa variegata for comparison sake.
Dead, my *ss!

There should be a society for the protection of plants!

 

Yeah I can see them as well now.

Looks like a yucca to me.

 

Ok, cheers Pete and Ivory, that'll teach me for being sceptical! :D

I really like the pink in the leaves. This one is a tiny baby compared to those pictures :p

Should it be treated as a house plant? Or protected outdoors?

Regards, Beki x

 

I think Yucca gloriosa is hardy, but wait for wiser opinions to stay on the safe side.

 

Well gloriosa varigata as far as I know, does not have the pink on the leaves.
But I have an idea I've seen this one somewhere.

My guess is its more or less totally hardy in the UK, but needs a good sunny site with well drained soil, to do well.

 

Apparentlyit gets pinkish in cool weather:

"Another that I have grown for a number of years and that has proven outstanding is Yucca gloriosa 'Variegata'. The leaves of this beautiful plant are blue-green with a lovely gold margin that changes to a light, creamy yellow during the summer months. In winter, it too takes on shades of pink around its edges when the weather turns cold."

Found this in this blog:
http://troybmarden.blogspot.com/2008/03/yikes-its-yucca.html

 

That's interesting Ivory

Right, I've decided where it's going

Thanks again folks :thumb:

Regards, Beki x

 

i would go along with Yucca, there are a lot of variegated Cordylines but as far as I know not with pink in the leaf yet, (plant breeders may change that).