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 ...

Yucca is a genus of over 40 perennial plants, shrubs, and trees. A few are grown as houseplants, including Yucca gigantea (also known as Y. guatemalensis and Y. elephantipes) and the Yucca aloifolia.

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” ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hoven Riley knew money was tight at his family’s West Texas cotton farm the year his mom asked him to go outside and dig up a yucca elata to use as a Christmas tree. The species, also known as the ...