Southern California’s iconic Joshua trees are flowering months ahead of schedule, baffling scientists and raising fears about ...

The spiky desert succulents typically blossom beginning in late February. But this season, many started growing flowers up to ...

From the archive: This story originally published in The Desert Sun in 2019. On this south-facing slope in Morongo Valley there is a forest of very old Yucca schidigera, known as the Mojave yucca.

Photographers capturing earlier than expected blooming of the iconic Joshua trees in the Mojave Desert are being asked to ...

Joshua trees rely on a single moth species to reproduce.

Yucca is a unique, tropical-looking plant that is in full bloom across central Illinois right now. Yucca is a unique, tropical-looking plant that is in full bloom across central Illinois right now.

Thanks to an unexpectedly wet winter, it’s not hard this spring to spot chaparral yucca blooming on hillsides and ridgelines throughout Southern California. The plant is known as “our Lord’s candle” ...

The Coastal Wildflower Bloom, a fine one on account of lots of rain and sunshine, will continue through April. One of the best spots for viewing a great variety of flowers is Torrey Pines State ...

A yucca plant shows extraordinary color as the plant blooms at the base of the Rimrocks. More storms and showers are possible through Tuesday, with high temperatures reaching 80 degrees in the region.

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 ...