If there’s one thing yucca plants don’t need, it’s excessive pampering. These plants naturally grow in the arid regions of the American Southwest, Mexico, and the Caribbean—so they can handle droughts ...

Native to South and Central America, yucca plants have a sturdy cane from which strappy sword-like leaves develop. It’s a relative of dracaena, for which it’s often mistaken, but it has stiffer leaves ...

If you're looking for a stunningly attractive plant with good structural form that will also thrive under dry conditions, and won't even blink an eye when exposed to the blazing sun during summer, ...

What do a yucca tree, a tangerine tree and a hellebore have in common? Not much, really, except that, if you live in the San Fernando Valley, you can grow all three of them in your own backyard. Yucca ...

lily or sacred lily. It is distantly related to yuccas, and is currently placed in the Asparagaceae, the asparagus family. It is closely related to Ophiopogon spp., mondo grass, and Liriope spp., ...

Bill Blackledge answers your questions on yuccas... Warton's Bill Blackledge is one of the county's most popular and sought after gardeners. If it's green and needs watering, Bill can tell you about ...

Q: I need your help to control the invasion of squirrels that are digging up my tulip beds. I tried a spray and a few packages of "squirrel deterrent," but they are digging up the bulbs anyway. I ...

The giant yucca certainly lives up to its name: Yucca gigantea rises 30 feet high in ideal conditions, with white blossoms that push out from the center -- flor de izote, as the bloom is sometimes ...