While you might be under the impression you need to live in a tropical climate to grow a yucca plant, they actually make for excellent indoor companions. A genus of more than 40 perennial plants, ...

Plants of the genus Yucca, especially the banana yucca, are fairly common in the Southwest, often found in association with ...

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 ...

Q: When I eat at Hispanic restaurants, they serve yuca root. I this the same as ornamental yucca? Andy Segal, Atlanta A: They are not the same, although I sometimes see "yucca" on restaurant menus.

There are many different types of desert plants, including cacti, succulents, acacias, mesquite, creosote bush, and yucca. Each one has adapted in its own way to survive in the harsh desert ...