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 ...
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 ...
The yucca moth is drawn inextricably to yucca flowers by their scent that mimics pheromones. It is so subtle we don’t notice because it’s more intense after dark when moths fly. Male and female moths ...
Question: I have a yucca that has finally matured enough to flower. Do I leave the flower stock on or cut it off once the flowers are dead? Normally we cut off the flower stalk as soon as the flowers ...
Brush up against a yucca plant and you won’t forget it. The needle-like points on its long, narrow leaves can deliver memorable puncture wounds. Yuccas are relatives of aloes, hostas, asparagus, and ...
Brush up against a yucca plant and you won’t forget it. The needle-like points on its long, narrow leaves can deliver memorable puncture wounds. Yuccas are relatives of aloes, hostas, asparagus, and ...