Texas Gardening: Lambs'Ear Spikes, 1 by sybram

sybram wrote:
I've had Lambs' Ear for about 5-6 years now, and I've never seen them do this. What gives? Do they only do it every few years? I have seen a spike or two, but never any color (buds?). I want to cut these off, because they're very heavy and beginning to sort of fall over. Will it work to pot them? Anyone ever done that? Did the heads sprout? The spike itself is very hard and stiff, unlike the LE itself. Usually, I just wad up some pieces that pull up when I'm cleaning old leaves out from under the plant, or cut a big pot of it into fourths, and bury them. It starts sending up shoots immediately, so I'm just wondering about these woody stems.