The life history of Yucca glauca in the Great Plains was the subject of a four year field study. Data were incorporated in a stage transition model (based on rosette size) to explain how populations ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...