June is the month when agave and yucca plants flower and the phone and e-mail messages pile up as these succulents bloom across the county. There is much confusion about agave and yucca – which is ...

Some plants and trees are best left to cooler fall for planting, but cactus, agave and yucca aren’t shocked at all by summer temperatures. “Cacti, agave and yucca are acclimated to our climate; this ...

Walnut Creek’s Ruth Bancroft is a national authority on drought-resistant gardening. Twice a month, she and her staff share their knowledge with readers. When people think of an Agave, they usually ...

As a group, succulents are easy to care for because they are drought-tolerant. They need water, but not it as often as do many other plants.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The architectural, and sunny landscape world of Agave, Yucca and Aloe welcomes the Mangave with the introduction of the Art & Sol ...

On this south-facing slope in Morongo Valley there is a forest of very old Yucca schidigera, known as the Mojave yucca. These very large plants are up to five hundred years old with multiple, tall ...

Q: When do agave weevils turn into grubs so I can time the treatment to the soil with a pesticide at the correct time? A: Agave weevil control is done from about the middle of April until the middle ...

A rose is a rose is a rose, but an agave? It might not smell as sweet as a rose, but that bad boy with the steely blue leaves can stand out like a piece of sculpture in the landscape. And when its ...