Q. I am looking for the name of a plant. It looks like a yucca and is heat tolerant. The base of the plant has long, narrow leaves like that of a yucca. It has long stems, 3 feet high, that hold a ...

May is the bloom month for the Texas native Red Yucca that is so prevalent in Lubbock landscapes. But the common name is misleading, as it is not a yucca, but rather a Hesperaloe. Hesperaloe ...

Q. Could you please tell me how to care for a red yucca? When the flower stem dies, what do I do? How often does it bloom? My `Wheeler' pittosporum has areas where the leaves wilt and then begin to ...

Can you say “easy breezy”? The red yucca is a favorite among landscape architects and water conservation specialists because it uses little water yet provides a glorious show of coral-red color from ...

This yeoman of the spring and summer hummingbird garden is neither red (though plants may become purple-tinged in winter) nor a yucca, but its less-than-accurate common name makes little difference to ...