Editing Yucca (section)

===Cultivation===
[[File:Yucca flaccida.jpg|thumb|''Yucca flaccida'' in the [[Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid]]]]
Very soon after the start of the [[Columbian exchange]] of plants across the Atlantic Ocean, yuccas were planted in European gardens as ornamental plants with the first recorded bloom in England in 1604.{{sfn|Irish|Irish|2000|pp=49–50}} Though they were planted for productive uses in Mexico prior to the [[Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire|Spanish Conquest]], it is not recorded if they used them for ornamental purposes.{{sfn|Irish|Irish|2000|p=49}} The use of yucca as an ornamental was not well documented in the early early history of the United States, though Thomas Jefferson did grow ''Yucca filamentosa'', which he called bear grass.{{sfn|Irish|Irish|2000|p=50}}

The [[spineless yucca]] (''Yucca gigantea'') is used as a common houseplant, though sometimes under the mistaken name of ''Yucca elephantipes''.{{sfn|Hodgson|2020}} When tropical yuccas are grown indoors they do not reach the large sizes they can achieve outdoors.{{sfn|Oakes|1990|p=399}}

Yuccas are widely grown as architectural plants in landscape design due to the distinctive silhouette of their leaves.{{sfn|Nottle|1996|p=171}} They are also particularly valued for their resistance to high temperatures and drought conditions.{{sfn|Francko|2003|p=241}} They tolerate a range of conditions but are best grown in full sun in subtropical or mild temperate areas.{{sfn|Brickell|2003|p=1093}} Some of the larger species of yucca are used as living barriers and fences.{{sfn|Oldfield|1997|p=6}} All yuccas require good drainage, but are tolerant of difficult conditions such as dry and poor soils.{{sfn|Nottle|1996|p=171}} In cold climates when there is enough precipitation to collect in the crown of the yucca plant, the [[freeze-thaw cycle]] can damage the plant and provide an entry for damaging fungi or bacteria.{{sfn|Francko|2003|p=91}}

Several species of yucca can be grown outdoors in [[temperateness|temperate]] climates, including:{{sfn|Brickell|2003|p=1093}}{{sfn|Francko|2003|pp=241–244}}
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* ''[[Yucca filamentosa]]''
* ''[[Yucca flaccida]]''
* ''[[Yucca glauca]]''
* ''[[Yucca gloriosa]]''
* ''[[Yucca recurvifolia]]''
* ''[[Yucca rostrata]]''
*  [[Yucca × schottii|''Yucca'' × ''schottii'']]
* ''[[Yucca treculeana]]''
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