If you're bored of traditional flowering plants to add summer or fall color to your garden, this hardy North American native ...

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 ...

Yucca rostrata, sometimes known as beaked yucca, is one of the most interesting varieties in the yucca family of Cactus-Succulents. It is a very ornamental, slow-growing evergreen in tree form. The ...

Many plant owners opt to buy a yucca plant, as they are known to be relatively straightforward to look after. Yucca plants do not require a lot of maintenance, but there are some simple things plant ...

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 ...

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 ...

My yucca had “depleting” leaf surface and damage to the leaf edge last year. Now I see multiplying black and red beetles again. I tried horticultural oil on the insects, but it only knocked down the ...

We asked our friends at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden to spotlight something fascinating at ground level. Lynn Jackson Kirk doesn't joke around about a native plant with a funny name. Sea to shining ...

Brush up against a yucca plant and you won’t forget it. The needle-like points on its long, narrow leaves can deliver memorable puncture wounds. Yuccas are relatives of aloes, hostas, asparagus, and ...

Do you own a yucca plant? They’re rather good, you know – they don’t tend to need much water, they contribute a bit of vibrant viridian to an apartment, and, according to the Royal Horticultural ...