It's time again for our weekly high school picks. The Desert Empire League is starting to take shape. Kudos to Xavier Prep for confounding both Shad and Andrew and our Desert Run readers as the only ...

While you might be under the impression you need to live in a tropical climate to grow a yucca plant, they actually make for excellent indoor companions. A genus of more than 40 perennial plants, ...

Red yucca grows with a blurred purple-flowering plant in the background - Nature's Charm/Shutterstock If you're in a dry climate, building out a rock garden, or trying the xeriscaping trend, a ...

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 ...

Thanks to an unexpectedly wet winter, it’s not hard this spring to spot chaparral yucca blooming on hillsides and ridgelines throughout Southern California. The plant is known as “our Lord’s candle” ...

If you're in a dry climate, building out a rock garden, or trying the xeriscaping trend, a towering red yucca plant is a welcome addition. Red yucca (Hesperaloe parviflora) graces the garden with a ...