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saltydad 06-12-2011 09:27 PM

Other Plant ID
 
This was left at my house after our last club meeting. Can anyone ID the plant for me? Not a lot of detail, but the club is focused on hardy and semi-hardy tropicals and semi-tropicals. Thanks.


palmtree 06-12-2011 11:19 PM

Re: Other Plant ID
 
It definitely looks like a yucca to me, probably yucca recurvifola. They should definitely survive by you since they grow like wildfire here (without a doubt the fastest growing yucca I have seen here since they can get to 5 feet tall from a 2 foot tall plant in a matter of 5 years).

saltydad 06-12-2011 11:55 PM

Re: Other Plant ID
 
I have Golden Sword planted in my front bed; I love it. These leaves are very soft; do yucca have soft leaves, Alex?

palmtree 06-13-2011 12:20 AM

Re: Other Plant ID
 
Yes, Yucca recurvifolia has very soft leaves. The tips are sharp, but the rest of the leaves are very soft. Y. Recurvifolia makes a really nice trunk when older, but around here they usually collapse under the weight of snow once they get past 6 or 7 feet tall (but I have seen some tall ones remain intact!). Yucca guatemalensis also has soft leaves, but that is a more tropical yucca.
I do like te Yucca Gold Sword. They are another common one here. They stay nice and small and they have great color!

Yug 06-13-2011 01:09 AM

Re: Other Plant ID
 
I would have said some sort of narrow-leaf dracena, but i could tell better from the side.

Carlo 06-14-2011 05:34 PM

Re: Other Plant ID
 
It looks like a Dracaena draco to me

john_ny 06-14-2011 06:24 PM

Re: Other Plant ID
 
I would say some sort of Yucca, although I'm no expert. I just looked at the one I have (no variety known) and it has a big flower spike up, ready to bloom, and the dried up spike from last year is still there. Will get some pix of the blooms ASAP.

mewdeeone 06-14-2011 09:24 PM

Re: Other Plant ID
 
I agree with everybody that thinks that it's some variety of Dracaena. Buy Dracaena Draco Palms For Sale from San Diego - We Deliver!

palmtree 06-14-2011 09:47 PM

Re: Other Plant ID
 
Do you have a pic of it from a different angle? I'm going to try and post a pic of some Yucca recurvifolia seedlings I have in my yard (I didnt plant them, an animal must have dropped a few seeds) because my seedlings look really similar to the plant in your picture (and mine is definitely a yucca since it survives my winters which a dracaena cant do).

saltydad 06-15-2011 12:26 AM

Re: Other Plant ID
 
Will take some tomorrow.


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