Many species of yucca produce edible flowers, but the giant yucca also is prized for its ornamental qualities. As the plant gets older, the base of the grayish trunk swells, taking on the primeval ...

To peel yucca, get a sharp knife or paring knife to take out the peel and the inner core. The edible part of yucca is the ...

The enormous edible white flowers held on tall stalks above the plants proved one of their most reliable food supplies as well. The Cahuilla of our desert utilized yucca fiber for sandal straps ...

The spike is laden with edible white flowers that form seed pods when mature. The root is where most of the soapy properties are concentrated. Luckily, the yucca is not endangered so uprooting it ...

Banana yucca (Yucca baccata) produces interesting fibers that provide frost resistance as well as edible 6-inch fruits. Yucca linearifolia (to 4 feet tall) and Yucca rostrata (to 10 feet tall ...

Many species of yucca produce edible flowers, but the giant yucca also is prized for its ornamental qualities. As the plant gets older, the base of the grayish trunk swells, taking on the primeval ...