When yucca is blooming in late spring through early- to mid-summer, the plant looks very diplomatic in a landscape. The flowers are bell-shaped, fragrant and creamy white, stacked up the sides of a ...

Are you a root beer fan? I love a good root beer float with vanilla ice cream and diet root beer (Is that cheating?). I adore the foam. Did you know that the foam in Shasta root beer that forms when ...

As global warming causes temperatures to rise and water supplies dwindle, many people are turning to water-wise plants for their gardens. Yuccas can contribute to a beautiful and usable landscape that ...

Brian Kemble is curator at the Ruth Bancroft Garden in Walnut Creek. His monthly column focuses on drought tolerant plants and dry gardens. Different species of yuccas are part of the native flora in ...

- yucca of west central United States having a clump of basal grasslike leaves and a central stalk with a terminal raceme of small whitish flowers ...

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NEW MEXICO: The blossom of the Yucca Plant (Yucca glauca) was designated the official state flower of New Mexico on March 14, 1927. This flower was selected by the state’s school children after a ...