Identifying 7-Foot "Spanish Bayonet/Agave": It's a Yucca

Chuck's 10-year plants (18" leaves, sharp tips, 7' tall, palm-like trunks, white grape-like blooms) were called Spanish bayonet, agave, or century plant.

ID

Yucca—not agave. Agaves have no trunk, fleshy leaves with edge spines, and die after blooming.

• Pliable leaves, 3–4" trunk: Yucca gloriosa (Spanish bayonet).
• Stiff leaves, 8–10" trunk: Yucca torreyi.

Verification

Check Yucca gallery or send photo to gregandkat@msn.com.