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 ...

Much of the world of living things seems split into two groups: the generalists and the specialists. Generalists – honeybees, weeds, humans – can exploit a variety of habitats. Specialists zero in on ...

Yucca moths are most well known for their obligate pollination mutualism with yuccas, where pollinator moths provide yuccas with pollen and, in exchange, the moth larvae feed on a subset of the ...

One tends to associate yucca with the Gulf coast, American southwest, or Mexico. Their frequent appearance here in Western North Carolina lends an exotic touch to our lush mountainous landscape. I ...

Q: I have several yucca plants that have finished blooming and have left behind stalks of seed pods. How do I plant the seed? A: Frankly, it might be easier to look under your existing plants and dig ...

What do a yucca tree, a tangerine tree and a hellebore have in common? Not much, really, except that, if you live in the San Fernando Valley, you can grow all three of them in your own backyard. Yucca ...