Red yucca grows with a blurred purple-flowering plant in the background - Nature's Charm/Shutterstock If you're in a dry climate, building out a rock garden, or trying the xeriscaping trend, a ...

Thanks to an unexpectedly wet winter, it’s not hard this spring to spot chaparral yucca blooming on hillsides and ridgelines throughout Southern California. The plant is known as “our Lord’s candle” ...

As we become accustomed to drought, the transformation of our gardens seems inevitable. During the past week, I received photos of two plants that are providing a spectacular flower show in the midst ...

The soaptree yucca, Yucca elata, is a slow-growing native plant that is well-worth waiting for. It is native to our region and the Chihuahuan desert, as well as northern Mexico. It’s very ...

From the archive: This story originally published in The Desert Sun in 2019. On this south-facing slope in Morongo Valley there is a forest of very old Yucca schidigera, known as the Mojave yucca.

One tends to associate yucca with the Gulf coast, American southwest, or Mexico. Their frequent appearance here in Western North Carolina lends an exotic touch to our lush mountainous landscape. I ...

If you're in a dry climate, building out a rock garden, or trying the xeriscaping trend, a towering red yucca plant is a welcome addition. Red yucca (Hesperaloe parviflora) graces the garden with a ...

As we become accustomed to drought, the transformation of our gardens seems inevitable. During the past week, I received photos of two plants that are providing a spectacular flower show in the midst ...