What: Yucca recurvifolia, also known as curve-leaf yucca, has a strong architectural quality. The sharp-tipped, sword-shaped leaves stand out in a spiky sphere and gradually form a trunk that can ...

Plant name: Soft leaf yucca (Yucca recurvifolia). Type of plant: Succulent perennial. Description: The yucca just doesn't look right in a woodland setting, but it's a standby for those who appreciate ...

Answer: The plant in your photo is a Yucca recurvifolia or pendula. Yucca pendula grows to about 6 feet and usually takes about 10 years to reach that. Its overall life span is about 20 years.

One of the few plants that still look good after a prolonged bout of hot weather is the yucca. Yuccas are long-lived evergreen perennials with rosettes of swordlike leaves and vigorous flower spikes ...

Question: We have 2 6ft and 3 smaller soft leaf yuccas out back in a kidney shaped area with a wax myrtle and a mountain laurel. The yuccas have done great but now two of them have a large number of ...

Great Plant Picks is 9 years old, believe it or not. With the help of horticulturists from Eugene, Ore., to Vancouver, B.C., this homegrown program of Seattle’s Elisabeth Miller Botanical Garden has ...