Trimmed up bacata
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Trimmed up bacata
Pic of a trimmed up y. bacata.
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Your right Barb, there is 4 of them. Thanks Barb.lucky1 wrote:Aaron, looks like quintuplets? very nice.
Presume you trimmed the old spikes to eliminate hiding places for critters?
Barb
I trimmed it up becuase yuccas sucker so fast here that it was just getting to big, so I trimmed it up so I could get to the suckers.
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Thanks Barrie. You are right, they do not grow much of a trunk. But I have seen one place by the Grand Canyon that they had 3-4 ft trunks, but most were growing along the ground.Barrie wrote:Looking great! I seem to recall that these aren't typical trunking type Yucca and stay fairly short in stature. Do you know if that's true?
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Aaron,
that yucca looks very tropical and deserty like with it trimmed up.
I prefer that look over it's natural look.
that yucca looks very tropical and deserty like with it trimmed up.
I prefer that look over it's natural look.
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Thanks Wes
I like them trimmed up also, but is hard to get that good balance between clean but not formal look. Makes it much easier to keep the suckers/weeds out. Takes up less space.
Here is a more recent pic after another trim job.
I like them trimmed up also, but is hard to get that good balance between clean but not formal look. Makes it much easier to keep the suckers/weeds out. Takes up less space.
Here is a more recent pic after another trim job.
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Not likley Barb. You can't change the genetic make-up trough trimming. You may wind up with a base that gives the impression it's about to trunk. Similar things happen here with Sword Fern (Polystichum munitum). It's not a trunking or tree fern but large old specimen have large bases without leaves creating the effect it's about to start to form a trunk.
Cheers, Barrie.
Cheers, Barrie.
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Yes I do. I have one that I forced to trunk, but takes alot of work. It will never grow a huge trunk, but a nice small one.lucky1 wrote:I prefer that look, Aaron. Makes it look old. Very nice.
Wonder what'd happen if a Yucca filamentosa were trimmed...
Do you guys think a trunk could be forced in a plant that doesn't trunk?
Barb
Not a recent pic. But is still growing and doing good.
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Interesting, guys.
Aaron, that does look like it was a lot of work, but nevertheless makes for a very interesting looking plant.
Would high winds be likely to break the top-heavy growth on yours?
I may try it next year with one of my six filamentosa that are planted on a rocky slope...
Nice research Aaron!
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Aaron, that does look like it was a lot of work, but nevertheless makes for a very interesting looking plant.
Would high winds be likely to break the top-heavy growth on yours?
I may try it next year with one of my six filamentosa that are planted on a rocky slope...
Nice research Aaron!
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Mine has done very well in the wind it is much stonger than it looks. It looked much cooler before, it use to have a branch growing straight up right before the bend, but I took one to many crowns off and the last one died so I cut the trunk of where it bends.
I hoped it would regrow one in the same spot but no luck.
I hoped it would regrow one in the same spot but no luck.
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The clean look is nice
I like the very neat and trimmed look nice job aaron. Another yucca I am starting to like.
Barb here in Chicago I know a few decent sized adams needle with trunks. Ill try and get pics.
Barb here in Chicago I know a few decent sized adams needle with trunks. Ill try and get pics.
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