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Tim Ingram
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Yucca whipplei
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April 28, 2012, 01:49:46 PM »
Following Rick's suggestion I'm putting a series of photos of
Yucca whipplei
as it throws up a flower spike in our garden. The plant is relatively young, only 7 or 8 years from seed, and I hadn't expected any flowering for quite some time yet. Unfortunately it is one of the forms that doesn't produce offsets so this flowering will be a glorious finale! So here it is on 22/4, 25/4 and 28/4... how high will it get?!
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Dr. Timothy John Ingram
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I garden in a relatively hot and dry region (for the UK!), with an annual rainfall of around 25", winter lows of -10°C and summer highs of 30°C.
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Re: Yucca whipplei
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Quote from: Tim Ingram on April 28, 2012, 01:49:46 PM
Following Rick's suggestion I'm putting a series of photos of
Yucca whipplei
as it throws up a flower spike in our garden. The plant is relatively young, only 7 or 8 years from seed, and I hadn't expected any flowering for quite some time yet. Unfortunately it is one of the forms that doesn't produce offsets so this flowering will be a glorious finale! So here it is on 22/4, 25/4 and 28/4... how high will it get?!
Hope you get a huge batch of seed! Or is it self incompatible?
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Re: Yucca whipplei
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Quote from: Tim Ingram on April 28, 2012, 01:49:46 PM
Following Rick's suggestion I'm putting a series of photos of
Yucca whipplei
as it throws up a flower spike in our garden. The plant is relatively young, only 7 or 8 years from seed, and I hadn't expected any flowering for quite some time yet. Unfortunately it is one of the forms that doesn't produce offsets so this flowering will be a glorious finale! So here it is on 22/4, 25/4 and 28/4... how high will it get?!
WOW...your garden is amazing.
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Wow!
I hadn't realized the girth of that stalk before!
It's going to be gigantic!
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Here are a couple of pictures from my sister's acreage in San Diego, California. A gorgeous plant -- and yes, I collected a lot of seed and sprouted a whole pot of seedlings, most of which I gave to Rick Lupp.
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The color is gorgeous, Claire! Wow!
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Rick Rodich zone 4a. Annual precipitation ~24 inches
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Quote from: RickR on April 29, 2012, 07:43:48 PM
The color is gorgeous, Claire! Wow!
Just the colour? I think the whole plant is marvellous!
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Quote from: Tim Ingram on April 28, 2012, 01:49:46 PM
So here it is on 22/4, 25/4 and 28/4... how high will it get?!
I've had various yucca species send boom stalks twelve foot tall. (3.5meters)
Quote from: Tim Ingram on April 28, 2012, 01:49:46 PM
Unfortunately it is one of the forms that doesn't produce offsets so this flowering will be a glorious finale!
I don't have die back after blooming of my yuccas. You may find that they will add new side shoots however.
Quote from: Hoy on April 28, 2012, 03:59:25 PM
Hope you get a huge batch of seed! Or is it self incompatible?
Likely hood of getting viable seed is almost impossible without hand pollination. It's not so much a question of being self incompatible as being pollinator specific. Yuccas in nature are pollinated by very specific moth species. This is a very interesting co-evaluation and co-dependance. here are a couple of articles for those who want to know more.
http://waynesword.palomar.edu/ww0902a.htm
http://www.emporia.edu/ksn/v41n2-june1995/introduction.htm
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Re: Yucca whipplei
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Claire - I didn't realise that the flowers could be so strongly coloured! It increases my anticipation of the flowering even more. Graham Stuart Thomas in his classic book 'Perennial Garden Plants' described
Yucca whipplei
as 'One of the most wonderful plants in the world' and that picture really shows why - it must be amazing to see in the wild.
I may have a go at hand pollinating if I have a tall enough stepladder!
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Dr. Timothy John Ingram
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Re: Yucca whipplei
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Quote from: Cockcroft on April 29, 2012, 01:03:16 PM
Here are a couple of pictures from my sister's acreage in San Diego, California. A gorgeous plant -- and yes, I collected a lot of seed and sprouted a whole pot of seedlings, most of which I gave to Rick Lupp.
Yowsa, simply fantastic
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A quick update on
Yucca whipplei
as of today. The flowering spike is now showing signs of the floral structure to come. Will it show any colour in the flowers? I wait with bated breath.
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Dr. Timothy John Ingram
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May 03, 2012, 10:12:14 PM »
Ever more impressive Tim! Amazing how much it has grown in 5 days since your last photo. Fun to also watch the flowering plants in the background, the blue Polygala patch is looking as bright as ever.
Hmmm, I think that I saw you identify the blue patch as a Polygala on SRGC?
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Quote from: Tim Ingram on May 03, 2012, 03:31:24 PM
I wait with bated breath.
As do we all!!!
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Re: Yucca whipplei
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Quote from: Tim Ingram on May 03, 2012, 03:31:24 PM
A quick update on
Yucca whipplei
as of today. The flowering spike is now showing signs of the floral structure to come. Will it show any colour in the flowers? I wait with bated breath.
Tim, I bet you are! BTW for how long can you do that?
I hope you don't get the weather we have now - storm from north >
Some tall plants are broken, leaves and flowers are damaged in the strong wind.
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Tim!!!
I'm dieing here I can't hold my breath much longer. Let us see the blossoms!
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