Plants of the genus Yucca, especially the banana yucca, are fairly common in the Southwest, often found in association with big sage, juniper, and pinyon trees. So much so that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. red yucca flower stalk with flowers still in bloom and one seed pod already formed. - Leslie Quiroz/Getty Images Hesperaloe ...

Yucca flower gratin. Credit: Copyright 2016 Wendy Petty With its widely recognizable dagger-sharp leaves, the yucca plant (Yucca spp.), offers up a particularly tasty ...

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 ...

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 ...

Question: I have a yucca that has finally matured enough to flower. Do I leave the flower stock on or cut it off once the flowers are dead? Normally we cut off the flower stalk as soon as the flowers ...