Some Local Yuccas – Page 2 – Photo Gallery – PalmsNorth.com

sidpook · 2011-06-08T06:53:20Z

Hey everyone. Mostly every block in our town has yuccas, some houses have multiple patches. I just though t this neighbor's yuccas were particularly cool looking. This family lives across the baseball field from our house. I love these yuccas. How old do you think they may be? The guy has no idea as they were there when he bought the house.And here are some cool ones from down the shore. These really thrive here because of the milder marine temps. People really put them everywhere down in Wildwood and Cape May. Sadly enough, this cycle shop closed and they are demolishing the whole place for a municipal parking lot for the tourists. Guess the yuccas are toast too! I'd love to somehow get them!!!!

sidpook

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Filamentosa?

YEp...OMG I just noticed your weather sticker is almost half the temp as ours...UGH!!!

Mike Trautner

Posted : 09/06/2011 12:53 pm

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I would tend to agree with Igor in that it looks like Y. recurvifolia. Will make a nice group.
Rob

Posted : 09/06/2011 7:19 pm

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great Yuccas Mike. I'd definitely find out if those trunkers down by the shore are being dug up......those are great specimen plants.

The neighbors blooming Yucca is Y. recurvifolia/gloriosa (hybrid). By the 'book' the difference between gloriosa/recurvifolia are:

Bloom traits:
Y. recurvifolia - the bottom of the flowers start inside the leaf head
Y. gloriosa - the bottom of the flowers start above the leaf head

Seed pod traits:
Y. recurvifolia - are erect
Y. gloriosa - hang down

Leaf traits:
Y. recurvifolia - flexible and hang down
Y. gloriosa - more rigid

Bloom time:
Y. recurvifolia - springtime
Y. gloriosa - blooms in fall with some blooms in spring. May bloom 2x per season.

Seed traits:
Y. recurvifolia - thin and large (like filamentosa)
Y. gloriosa - thick and small (like aloifolia)

The Yucca in the photo has a gloriosa type bloom, blooms in spring like recurvifolia, leaves look like recurvifolia. Seed pods hang or erect??????

Regarding speed of growth. From a small pup, that specimen must be about 10-12 years old. Jim Kelly of NJ sent me a small pup of the same form? Here's a photo from 2006 and 2011.

2006
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2011 (April photo, beat up from winter)
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It's not the fastest trunking Yucca. I got one from Tennessee which doubles the rate.

Posted : 10/06/2011 9:51 pm

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Cool thanks! I need a "trunking" yucca then. I thought they all did that. Guess my vaiegated filamentosahave no hope of doing that.
Guess I'll start looking online.Thanks
mike

Mike Trautner

Posted : 11/06/2011 8:49 am

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Hi Mike,

your correct, filamentosas won't trunk. Send me your address and I'll send you the tennesse form which grows into a monster. timbehan@comcast.net

this was a small pup when I planted it in 2004. PS, all those Yuccas in that area where planted in 2004.
<img src= http://newenglandexotics.webs.com/photos/Yucca/Yucca%20gloriosa%2 0'big%20Tenn.'%20form%202009%20Oct%203.JPG>

Posted : 11/06/2011 12:01 pm