Q: I planted a couple of yucca plants in my yard a few years ago, and now I have more yuccas than I ever wanted. I don’t like the plant anyway, because the sharp spikes are a danger to my children and ...

Isabela Merced may be making headlines for her role in The Last of Us, but I'm more distracted by her yard, or more specifically, her clever drought-tolerant planting. The actress has filled her ...

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 ...

On this south-facing slope in Morongo Valley there is a forest of very old Yucca schidigera, known as the Mojave yucca. These very large plants are up to five hundred years old with multiple, tall ...