A red yucca plant growing near a sidewalk. - You Touch Pix of EuToch/Shutterstock It's easier than you think to diversify your landscaping while sticking to the same aesthetic that you know and love.

One of the few plants that still look good after a prolonged bout of hot weather is the yucca. Yuccas are long-lived evergreen perennials with rosettes of swordlike leaves and vigorous flower spikes ...

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 ...

New Mexico is home to a plant that perfectly symbolizes the state's tenacity and natural beauty – the yucca. In fact, the yucca has been the state's flower for decades. As a symbol of adaptation and ...

On this south-facing slope in Morongo Valley there is a forest of very old Yucca schidigera, known as the Mojave yucca. These very large plants are up to five hundred years old with multiple, tall ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Last week, Denver Water announced a drought watch and an ominous advisory that continued dry weather could lead to mandatory water restrictions. “Drought” is ...

Q: I planted a couple of yucca plants in my yard a few years ago, and now I have more yuccas than I ever wanted. I don’t like the plant anyway, because the sharp spikes are a danger to my children and ...

The desert plant takes 10-15 years to grow to the size most buyers want, leading to an illicit underground plant trade. It’s another dry year in Texas, and as more people adopt xeriscaping, or drought ...