Contributed by Jackie Edwards

A unique plant that can be easily maintained by gardeners of any skill level is the yucca. With over 40 different species of the yucca plant, the adaptable shrub is native to the hot, dry climate zones of the Americas and the Caribbean. Nevertheless this attractive plant thrives in many types of environments, which makes it one of the most popular house plants.

If you are considering growing yucca in your home garden or even in a container indoors, you should be aware of the proper conditions and the expectations of growth. Most plants will grow to be quite tall and wide, but with the right knowledge, the plants height and width can be maintained with pruning and dividing up the plant into smaller parts. Knowing more details about growing yucca will help you in your quest to incorporate the beautiful succulent into your garden.

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About Us

Useful Plants Nursery is a permaculture-based nursery specializing in useful, phytonutritional, food, and medicine plants well-adapted to our Southern Appalachian mountains and surrounding bioregions. Our plants are grown without the use of synthetic pesticides at our nursery located at Earthaven Ecovillage.