Flowering plants only appear in the fossil record around 100 million years ago, and yet they comprise 90 percent of the plant kingdom. Meanwhile, around 75 percent of known animal species are insects.

What do a yucca tree, a tangerine tree and a hellebore have in common? Not much, really, except that, if you live in the San Fernando Valley, you can grow all three of them in your own backyard. Yucca ...

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 ...