Another species, Yucca glauca or small soapweed, is native to the western three-fourths of Kansas. It is also easy to grow in the landscape.

The flower of the soapweed yucca (Yucca glauca) is a simple affair. Three milky white petals enclose six stamens splayed around one fleshy green pistil. But when the sun goes down, this basic ...

Yucca glauca can survive to a minus 35 degrees. Yucca desmetiana, ‘Blue Boy', will survive with temperatures down to 20 degrees and probably lower than that with protection.

Brian Kemble is curator at the Ruth Bancroft Garden in Walnut Creek. His monthly column focuses on drought tolerant plants and dry gardens.Different species of yuccas are part of the native flora ...

It is the most cold-hardy Yucca species available. Y. glauca grows 2-4 feet tall and 2-4 feet wide. The Yucca filamentosa is also good for Colorado gardens. Unlike most other yuccas, ...

Prickly pear cactus (Opuntia macrorhiza) and plains yucca (Yucca glauca) are two examples that might work well in the Pikes Peak region. Over the first couple of seasons, ...