The soaptree yucca, Yucca elata, is a slow-growing native plant that is well-worth waiting for. It is native to our region and the Chihuahuan desert, as well as northern Mexico. It’s very ...

A champion has fallen in Big Wash, just north of Oro Valley. The largest soaptree yucca in the United States has lost its almost 30-foot-tall main stem, an extraordinary appendage that earned it the ...

If there’s one thing yucca plants don’t need, it’s excessive pampering. These plants naturally grow in the arid regions of the American Southwest, Mexico, and the Caribbean—so they can handle droughts ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - If 2020 is getting you down, you’re not alone. Even a champion is withering under the weight of this trying year. The largest soaptree yucca in the United States used to stand ...

Hoven Riley knew money was tight at his family’s West Texas cotton farm the year his mom asked him to go outside and dig up a yucca elata to use as a Christmas tree. The species, also known as the ...