Yucca plants produce sword-like leaves with tall flowering spikes. They are native to desert climates but have become quite popular for landscaping in gardens around the UK. If you have a Yucca plant growing outside and it’s grown too large for its space there is a great way that you can cut it back while still maintaining the architectural effect for which they are well known. Undertaking this method also means you get the added…

The Yucca plant can be an evergreen shrub, a small tree and some more tender varieties can be houseplants. With so many options available, you can choose between the dense or the loose rosettes of sword-shaped leaves, often variegated and bell-shaped flowers. The larger forms will lose a lot of the leaves at the lower part of the trunk with time, which means as your Yucca plant matures it exposes the trunk, much like a…