Photos Yucca's in Northern Virginia ZONE 7

VirginiaPalms · Post by **VirginiaPalms** » Thu Apr 03, 2014 7:02 am

I snapped some pictures while out doing some sales calls last year. I still have a hard time telling these things apart. I love to see them up here because they are an oddity and it's not quite warm enough to be yucca country. Love these plants!

Vienna, VA RT 123 Joshua Tree? Rostrata? Rigida? Clamato? Pinata? Has that desert look to it.....

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Alexandria, VA Edsall RD.... Aloifolia? I'm betting yes.. Trunks tall, leaves erect....

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Alexandria,VA Duke St Gas Station Aloifolia again?

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Yard in Del Ray neighborhood of Alexandria, VA Aloifolia? Notice this guy has it staked on one side. Approx 8ft ! Nice......

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Del Ray again....

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King St, Alexandria, VA... Gloriosa? ALoifolia? Seems to have pretty rigid leaves but bushier than some others.....

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Arlington, VA Gloriosa? Aloifolia? Glebe Rd N, Buckingham

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TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Thu Apr 24, 2014 6:02 pm

cool Yuccas.......the first photo is Y. rostrata......the others are mostly Y. aloifolia and the last two are Y. gloriosa/recurvifolia forms.

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Fri Apr 25, 2014 6:15 am

Those are some B.A. Yucca...I agree with Timmy on the i.d.

VirginiaPalms · Post by **VirginiaPalms** » Sun Apr 27, 2014 9:54 am

I have a bunch more pics of local yuccas, I will post some more when I get a chance..

I noticed Tim posted a pic of a nice one that used to be in Fairfax,VA outside the animal shelter. Unfortunately they redid the building and that one is gone, it was pretty awesome.

My favorites are the aloifolias. There are good number of them in Virginia Beach, they are said to have once grown wild there but now are only found on the Outer Banks.

andym · Post by **andym** » Mon Apr 28, 2014 10:46 am

Those Rostratas do look good. Whoever planted them has done their homework with that banking mound. The Aloifolias look happy also. Struggling with mine somewhat here ... must be the evergreen rain

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Mon Apr 28, 2014 9:55 pm

Those yuccas look amazing, thanks for sharing.

chadec · Post by **chadec** » Tue Apr 29, 2014 5:13 am

Very nice looking yucca. Wish I could grow mine to height. Its rare to see them get that tall around here without falling over first. And this past winter rotted all our local aloifolia.

andym · Post by **andym** » Tue Apr 29, 2014 1:28 pm

chadec wrote:Very nice looking yucca. Wish I could grow mine to height. Its rare to see them get that tall around here without falling over first. And this past winter rotted all our local aloifolia.

Chadec.... Was it the length of the freeze that killed them or low temperature or both??

VirginiaPalms · Post by **VirginiaPalms** » Wed May 07, 2014 5:26 pm

More Yucca pics......

Woodbridge,VA RT 1. Gloriosa?

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Alexandria, VA Gloriosa again?

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Merrifield, VA Mini golf course on Lee Hwy... Think this is a rostrata.

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A private home in Vienna, VA. Aloifolia with palms...

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South Arlington.. I am positive these are aloifolias...

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South Arlington again....

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