Plants of the genus Yucca, especially the banana yucca, are fairly common in the Southwest, often found in association with big sage, juniper, and pinyon trees. So much so that ...

What do a yucca tree, a tangerine tree and a hellebore have in common? Not much, really, except that, if you live in the San Fernando Valley, you can grow all three of them in your own backyard. Yucca ...

TICKABOO VALLEY -- It is the iconic plant of the Mojave Desert, its name immortalized with a national park and a U2 album. But there would be no Joshua trees at all without an easily overlooked moth ...

TOWN OF YUCCA VALLEY — To hear local leaders tell it, the proposed listing of western Joshua trees as an endangered species would be an economic catastrophe for the high desert Town of Yucca Valley.

Frank Wattles won some allies this week in his battle to preserve a cluster of yucca trees standing near his home on a Manhattan Beach walk street. Prompted by a nearby landowner’s complaint that the ...

We have four yucca trees (I call them "Dr. Seuss Trees") in our front yard. As you know, they require pruning to remove suckers, dead leaves and seed pods. As they grow taller and taller it gets more ...

Rainstorms have caused roads to flood in Southern California’s high desert region and likely will continue into the evening, forecasters said. California Highway Patrol reports flooding and debris ...

What do a yucca tree, a tangerine tree and a hellebore have in common? Not much, really, except that, if you live in the San Fernando Valley, you can grow all three of them in your own backyard. Yucca ...

Researcher Chris Smith and field assistant Candace Fallon introduce Yucca moths to blooms on Joshua trees in the Mojave desert during research, Apr. 07. This iconic plant of the Mojave Desert also ...