June is the month when agave and yucca plants flower and the phone and e-mail messages pile up as these succulents bloom across the county. There is much confusion about agave and yucca – which is ...

We are just barely through the first week of the new year, and spring does not officially arrive until March 20, but yuccas ...

If there’s one thing yucca plants don’t need, it’s excessive pampering. These plants naturally grow in the arid regions of the American Southwest, Mexico, and the Caribbean—so they can handle droughts ...

The Coastal Wildflower Bloom, a fine one on account of lots of rain and sunshine, will continue through April. One of the best spots for viewing a great variety of flowers is Torrey Pines State ...

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 ...

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.

Yucca is a unique, tropical-looking plant that is in full bloom across central Illinois right now. Yucca is a unique, tropical-looking plant that is in full bloom across central Illinois right now.

Stop and smell the cactus. Desert wildflowers are in bloom. But don’t wait too long to see them. With sparse rains, many of the flowers already are wilting in low elevation areas such as the canyons ...

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 ...