Fun Facts About Yucca

Did You Know?

For hundreds of years yucca has been used for, soap, shampoos, food, and medicine.
Native Americans used yucca for wound care, and to treat arthritis, inflammation, and injuries.
Native Americans also used yucca fibers to make ropes, dental floss, baskets, mats, sandals, and clothes.
There are 49 species of yucca.

Other Fun Facts

Yucca ….

is an evergreen.
can live hundreds of years.
flowers have a pleasant smell.
flowers taste like bitter artichoke.
leaves are sword shaped and pointed tips.
blooms during the spring and early summer.
seed pods are like a fruit that deer like to eat.
has a center stalk that can grow up to 6 feet high.
flowers, seed pods, and stems can be used as food.
is used by some companies in their beer making process.
flowers are tulip-shaped and usually face toward the ground.
is found in deserts, coastal areas, grasslands, mountains, and prairies.
grows in sunny, hot, dry areas where the soil is sandy and well-drained.
leaves are mainly green but may also contain stripes of white, yellow, or cream colors.
has been used in treating liver and kidney disorders, hypertension, migraine, and wound care.

Why yucca you ask?

Well … these are some of fun yucca sayings you may hear us say while we are making yucca soap and other natural yucca products.

A bath just isn’t the same without your yucca.
A different type of bath and skincare.
A nice shiny new bar of yucca soap.
A tough yucca to follow.
After a long day – bath with yucca.
Always real, always yucca.
And on the 8th day God created yucca.
Bathing – do it with yucca.
Baths go better with yucca.
Better living through yucca.
Choosy bathers choose yucca.
Did somebody say “yucca?”
Did you hear about the soap that thought it was a yucca?
Did you hear the buzz is … Yucca.
Do you yucca?
Don’t go camping without your yucca.
Don’t forget your yucca.
Don’t get mad, get yucca.
Don’t just live a little – live a Yucca!
Don’t you wish you had a yucca?
Dude, you’re not using yucca?
Enjoy yucca.
Everyone loves yucca.
Everyone wants yucca.
Everything is better with yucca.