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Infamous92 · 03-23-2010, 04:59 PM

It seems like these have been popping up all over Long Island (including Queens), maybe I've just never noticed them. Its like this grass-like plant who's large grass things/pieces are set up in a palm tree like fashion. It looks nice to me, I like tropical/subtropical flora, I just wonder what it is.

This isn't the best example since Streetview isn't high resolution:
merrick & 109 - Google Maps

paperhouse · 03-23-2010, 05:42 PM

yucca?

Infamous92 · 03-23-2010, 06:31 PM

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yucca?

Thanks, I looked up Yucca and its most likely that or the Agave. They just sprung up all over the place out of nowhere in 2009.

paperhouse · 03-24-2010, 05:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Infamous92

Thanks, I looked up Yucca and its most likely that or the Agave. They just sprung up all over the place out of nowhere in 2009.

Yuccas are more cold hardy and do produce seed pods.

Agave tends to be a warm climate plant. Even here in NC, they're not cold hardy but yucca tends to take over if you don't keep it trimmed back.

tcs1366 · 03-24-2010, 06:47 AM

I've seen Yuccas up in zone4 in SouthCentral Wisc. I had them at my old house... I couldnt kill them -- after one poked me in the eye, literally slicing a small cut in my eye... i wanted to burn them to the ground -- but they were next to my cedar home... would not have been a smart move.

The "mother" plant does send up a pretty flower stalk, very high.. 4' maybe - then throws a bizzilion seeds.

denverian · 03-25-2010, 02:37 PM

Yucca. I have a couple varieties (one very nice variegated) here in Denver, and they grow in the wild around here. Just don't fall into one!

JayJay718 · 07-30-2012, 11:03 AM

I've seen palm trees on Foch boulevard

Infamous92 · 08-05-2012, 09:59 AM

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I've seen palm trees on Foch boulevard

Wow, which part?

SATX56 · 08-06-2012, 09:50 PM

Yucca with bloom. We have tons of them in Texas! I was given a flatbed trailer full of them once by a landscaper. I took a few then decided against planting them. The tips are so dangerous to eyes...

Elke Mariotti · 08-06-2012, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Infamous92

It seems like these have been popping up all over Long Island (including Queens), maybe I've just never noticed them. Its like this grass-like plant who's large grass things/pieces are set up in a palm tree like fashion. It looks nice to me, I like tropical/subtropical flora, I just wonder what it is.

This isn't the best example since Streetview isn't high resolution:
merrick & 109 - Google Maps

Definitely yucca! They've invaded Long Island

When my daughter bought her house, it "came with" two. They started to spread and she really didn't like the way they looked once they finished flowering nor did she like the way they multiplied, so she dug them up--couldn't find a taker in the neighborhood!

I like to admire them from afar when in bloom