Yucca ID'ing

Bgreen · Post by **Bgreen** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 7:20 pm

I collected some yucca seed from my in-laws this year to try and start.
I soak 50 seeds for 24hrs and placed on a damp paper towel in a dark cabinet.
With in a week about 50% have started germinating so figured I better ask what
sort of things I will need to take pics of for an ID. I can't get a flower now, but know
they are a creamy white and the plants survive a zone 6b winter. I am guessing Adam's Needle, but
it's really just a guess.

Thank for the help and if someone wants a few seeds let me know, otherwise I will start the rest and have plenty of seedlings to give away in spring if I don't kill them all first!

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 11:33 am

Yuccas are hard to identify when they are small, but when they get older take a pic of the plant over all and a pic of the egde of the leaf.

Bgreen · Post by **Bgreen** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 5:31 pm

Thank you!
I should have a mature plant pic, in a few weeks

Bgreen · Post by **Bgreen** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 4:13 pm

Finally took the pics of the parent plant.
Any ideas?

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 6:26 am

Looks like yucca filamentosa, comes from the eastern part of the usa, and is very cold hardy.

Bgreen · Post by **Bgreen** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 5:49 pm

Thanks Aaron!

At least now I know what I have seedlings of, lol

Barrie · Post by **Barrie** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 8:28 pm

I agree with Aaron ... Y. filamentosa, one of the easier ones to identify.

Cheers, Barrie.