Q: Back in March, you wrote about growing avocados from seed and I was fascinated with your answer. I then tried to grow two Persea americana avocado from seeds with the toothpick method, and I was ...

Yucca is a genus of over 40 perennial plants, shrubs, and trees. A few are grown as houseplants, including Yucca gigantea (also known as Y. guatemalensis and Y. elephantipes) and the Yucca aloifolia.

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 ...

New Mexico is home to a plant that perfectly symbolizes the state's tenacity and natural beauty – the yucca. In fact, the yucca has been the state's flower for decades. As a symbol of adaptation and ...

Perhaps no single plant was more useful to the early day inhabitants on the High Plains than the spiky yucca, or soap weed, as it was commonly called. Pioneers learned from the Native American tribes ...

The yucca stood tall, stately with pride; it takes several years for a plant such as this to produce a bloom of outstanding beauty. Then one year the tall stalk of buds finally bloomed, and with its ...

The spiky desert succulents typically blossom beginning in late February. But this season, many started growing flowers up to ...