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yucca elephantipes indoor plant Shop 'Spineless Yucca elephantipes' Care and Growing GuideIntroducing the Yucca elephantipes, known as Spineless Yucca, which is a popular indoor and outdoor Yucca plant known for its striking appearance and low maintenance nature. Besides Yucca elephantipes, this plant is commonly referred to as the Giant Yucca, Soft tip Yucca, Yucca gigantea, or Stick Yucca. Native to Central America, the Yucca elephantipes gets its name from its resemblance to an elephant's foot. The thick, branched trunks of this air

Introducing the Yucca elephantipes, known as Spineless Yucca, which is a popular indoor and outdoor Yucca plant known for its striking appearance and low-maintenance nature. Besides Yucca elephantipes, this plant is commonly referred to as the Giant Yucca, Soft-tip Yucca, Yucca gigantea, or Stick Yucca. 

Native to Central America, the Yucca elephantipes gets its name from its resemblance to an elephant's foot. The thick, branched trunks of this air-purifying spineless yucca thicken over time, giving it that unique elephant-like appearance. As for the name "Spineless Yucca," it refers to the fact that, unlike other Yucca species, this particular plant doesn't have sharp spines on its leaves.  


This resilient plant has gained popularity worldwide for its unique features and ability to thrive in various environments.

It is well-adapted to hot and dry climates, making it a suitable choice for xeriscaping and desert-themed gardens.

The Spineless Yucca is characterized by its thick, woody trunk and long, sword-shaped leaves.

These leathery blue-green leaves have smooth edges, lacking the sharp spines typically found on other Yucca plants.

The plant's architectural form and spiral rosettes of foliage make it an eye-catching addition to any space. 

In ideal conditions, the slow-growing Spineless Yucca plants can reach impressive heights of up to 30 feet outdoors. However, when grown indoors as a houseplant, it usually stays more compact, reaching around 6 to 8 feet in height. 

The flowers of Spineless Yucca elephantipes produce beautiful white or cream-colored blooms on tall stalks known as inflorescences. These white flowers are bell-shaped and appear in clusters during the summer months. The flowers are edible, high in calcium and potassium, and can be used in salads. While the plant can flower indoors, it is relatively rare and requires specific conditions, including ample sunlight and proper care. 

The Spineless Yucca can be propagated through various methods, including stem cuttings and offsets. Stem cuttings can be taken from the main trunk or branches of mature plants, allowing the cut end to dry before planting it in well-draining soil. Offsets, or "pups," are small plantlets that grow at the base of the parent plant. These can be carefully separated and replanted to establish new plants. 

Watering Needs 

The Yucca elephantipes Spineless Yucca is a hardy and low-maintenance plant when it comes to watering. It has adapted to survive in arid environments, so it prefers drier soil. When watering your Spineless Yucca, it's important to strike a balance to prevent overwatering, which can lead to root rot. 

In the spring and summer, during the growing season, you can water your Yucca elephantipes once every two weeks. Before watering, make sure the top inch or so of the soil is dry. When watering, give it a thorough soak, allowing the water to penetrate deep into the soil. Afterward, allow the soil to dry out completely before watering again. This helps mimic the plant's natural habitat and prevents the roots from sitting in soggy soil. 

In the winter months, when the plant is in its dormant phase, you can reduce watering frequency. Water your Spineless Yucca only when the soil is completely dry, which may be once every four to six weeks. Remember, it's always better to underwater than to overwater this resilient plant. 

Keep in mind that factors like temperature, humidity, and the type of pot and soil used can affect watering needs. Always monitor the moisture level of the soil and adjust your watering schedule accordingly. With a little attention and care, your Yucca elephantipes will thrive and bring a touch of natural beauty to your space! 

Light Requirements 

When growing indoors, the Spineless Yucca thrives in bright, indirect light. It enjoys being near a window where it can receive plenty of filtered sunlight throughout the day. However, it's important to avoid placing it in direct sunlight, as this can scorch the leaves. If you don't have a well-lit area, don't worry. The Spineless Yucca is also tolerant of lower light conditions and can still grow, although it may not be as lush. 

When planted outdoors, the Spineless Yucca elephantipes prefer full sun or light shade. It can tolerate direct sunlight for 6-8 hours a day, but it also appreciates some shade during the hottest parts of the day, especially in hotter climates. If you live in an area with harsh, intense sunlight, providing some afternoon shade can help protect the plant from sunburn. 

Remember, it's always a good idea to gradually acclimate your Yucca elephantipes to different light conditions if you're moving it from indoors to outdoors or vice versa. Sudden changes in light can shock the plant and lead to stress. So, take it slow and allow the plant to adjust gradually. 

Optimal Soil & Fertilizer Needs 

The Yucca elephantipes prefers sandy, well-drained sandy soil, as excess moisture can promote root and stem rot. Planet Desert specializes in succulents and has specialized succulent potting soil that includes an organic substrate with mycorrhizae to help with the growth of a healthy root system to help your succulents thrive. As an okay alternative, you can create your own potting mix by combining equal portions of perlite, coarse sand, and good natural potting soil. 

The Spineless Yucca is a relatively low-maintenance plant when it comes to fertilizing. During the growing season, once a year in the spring, you can fertilize your Yucca elephantipes with a balanced (5-10-5), water-soluble NPK fertilizer. Dilute the fertilizer to half the recommended strength to avoid overfertilization. Apply the fertilizer to moist soil, as this helps prevent root burn. 

In the winter months, when the plant is in its dormant phase, you can reduce or even stop fertilizing altogether. The Spineless Yucca doesn't require as much nutrient input during this time. 

Remember, it's always a good idea to follow the instructions on the fertilizer packaging and adjust the frequency and strength of fertilization based on the specific needs of your plant. With the right soil and occasional fertilization, your Yucca elephantipes will thrive and bring a touch of natural beauty to your space! 

Hardiness Zones & More 

When growing indoors, your Spineless Yucca elephantipes is widely grown as a houseplant, making it well-suited for indoor environments. It can tolerate a wide range of temperatures, ideally between 60°F and 80°F. It's important to keep the plant away from drafts or sudden temperature fluctuations, as it prefers a stable indoor climate. As for humidity, the Spineless Yucca is quite adaptable and can tolerate average indoor humidity levels. If the air in your home is particularly dry, you can increase humidity by using a humidifier or placing this house plant on a tray filled with water and pebbles. 

When grown outdoors, the Spineless Yucca is best suited for USDA hardiness zones 9 to 11. It can withstand temperatures as low as 25°F but may suffer damage or die back if exposed to prolonged freezing temperatures. In terms of temperature, the Spineless Yucca thrives in warm climates with temperatures ranging from 70°F to 90°F. It can tolerate higher temperatures as well, but providing some shade during the hottest parts of the day can help protect the plant. 

As for humidity, these hardy plants are relatively drought-tolerant and can adapt to different humidity levels, including lower humidity in arid regions. 

Remember, while the Spineless Yucca is adaptable to a range of conditions, it's important to provide it with optimal temperature and humidity levels to promote healthy growth and prevent stress. With the right care, your Yucca elephantipes will thrive, whether indoors or outdoors! 

Final Thoughts 

Overall, the Yucca elephantipes (Spineless Yucca) is a stunning plant with a thick trunk and long, sword-shaped leaves. Unlike other Yucca species, it lacks sharp spines, making it safer and easier to handle. This plant can grow up to 30 feet tall outdoors, but indoors it typically reaches around 6 to 8 feet in height. The Spineless Yucca produces beautiful white or cream-colored bell-shaped flowers during the summer. When it comes to Yucca elephantipes care, make sure it gets plenty of bright, indirect sunlight and waters it sparingly, allowing the soil to dry out between waterings. It thrives in well-draining soil and can tolerate a wide range of temperatures.  

With its striking appearance and low-maintenance nature, the Spineless Yucca is a fantastic choice for both indoor and outdoor spaces. 

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garynini
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Clear, cogent, and illuminating
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Clear, cogent, and illuminating explanation of the difference between two approaches to interpreting the Constitution: originalism and the Living Constitution
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Chris Morton
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A wonderfully refreshing argument for "the living constitution". Most surprisingly is that much of the argument is based in the philosophy of Edmund Burke, father of modern conservatism.
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Matt Cockerill
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Strauss demolishes originalism in a concise and accessible volume.
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Stephen J. Jaros
New York, US
★★★★★ 3
Ultimately disappointing .. but still a good read
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This book does have a few commendable features. It is written in laymen's language, you don't have to be a constitutional law scholar like David A. Strauss to comprehend the arguments. And it's short. Won't take more than a couple of hours to read. But as a critique of the "originalist" constitutional doctrine, it is hit and miss. For example, Strauss argues that originalism has three major flaws (p.18): 1) the impossibility of determining what the understanding of the founding fathers was on a particular issue. 2) the impossibility of translating an original understanding so that it addresses today's problems. 3) no answer for Thomas Jefferson's question about why we, the living, should be governed by the "dead hand" of past generations, including the founders. Of these three, the first is the most telling, because it is indeed sometimes the case that we do not know what the founders would have thought about a particular issue, because that issue simply did not exist at the time of the enactment of the constitution or a particular amendment, or because that original meaning could be lost to history. The patent-ability of new life forms as a result of genetic engineering being a good example (but, other technological examples, like cases related to airplanes and cars, are NOT good examples, since while the founders were unaware of these technological advances, it's safe to assume they would recognize them as transportation vehicles, so their understanding of ships and horse carriages would apply to them). That's why i am what Strauss might call a "sometimes originalist" - my view is that IF there is no reasonable doubt about what the enactors of a constitutional provision would have thought about a case, then that should control the decision a court arrives at. But obviously, if the issue was unknown to the enactors, or if their views are forever lost to us due to the passage of time, then there is no "original understanding" of that particular issue, and some other method of constitutional interpretation must be relied on. The second and third objections are far less compelling to me. The second objection is IMO a non-issue. To ask "well, we know that in 1880 the enactors of the 14th amendment did not believe its equal protection clause outlawed employment discrimination against women, but would they believe that if they were living in the year 2000, with all the economic/cultural/technological changes that have developed over those 120 years?" is an irrelevant question. It's like asking if the 1969 Congress that enacted the Clean Air Act would still enact it if that Congress were to debate the issue in 2010: it's purely speculative and ungermane, since neither statutes nor constitutional provisions have expiration dates on them. Likewise, the 3rd objection is both shallow and disingenuous. Shallow because Jefferson clearly understood that the constitution, like laws enacted by the legislature, are subject to change by later generations, who can amend the constitution or pass new legislation to supersede what previous generations have accomplished. Disingenuous, because the invocation of Jefferson seems to be a tactical decision by Strauss, a way to tweak originalists by citing one of the very greatest of our founding fathers. Yet Jefferson can also be quoted to support an originalist view. For example, in 1801 he said: "The Constitution on which our union rests, shall be administered by me according to the safe and honest meaning contemplated by the plain understanding of the people of the United States, at the time of its adoption....These explanations are preserved in the publications of the time, and are too recent in the memories of most men to admit of question." (Writings of Thomas Jefferson, quoted from a letter dated 3/27/1801). The first part of this quote clearly indicates that Jefferson believed that constitutional provisions should be interpreted according to original understanding, not "modern, evolved" standards of meaning as David Strauss would contend. The second part speaks to the need i identified before, that of knowing within the bounds of reasonable doubt what the enactors understood a provision to mean. Beyond all this, though, is David Strauss's contention that a "living constitution", as defined by a common-law like accretion of judicial precedent in constitutional matters that leave the original meaning of the text behind, is necessary because otherwise our constitution would become an archaic relic unable to meet the demands of a changing society, and that the formal amendment process is too slow and cumbersome. Professor Strauss correctly notes that Jefferson believed that our institutions must evolve with the development of society; however, he crucially fails to note that to Jefferson, the primary mechanism of such innovation was to be the actions of the legislature. Constitutional provisions are expounded in broad, general language not to enable future judges to interpret them in light of changing societal conditions, but to permit elected bodies, like legislatures and congress, wide latitude to address the problems of today. Legislative bodies, which directly reflect the ebbs and flows of societal change and are accountable to the people, were Jefferson's preferred vehicle of constitutional innovation, not the decisions of insulated, life-tenured court judges. On this point, unlike on many others, Jefferson was in agreement with John Marshall. As Jean Edward Smith (1996) writes "When (in McCulloch v. Maryland) Marshall spoke of the Constitution as "intended for ages to come" and of the need to adapt it "to the various crises of human affairs", he was alluding to the responsibility of Congress, not the Court. And the limits on Congress were defined by the political process, not the judiciary" (p. 445). Thus, for example, while the enactors of the 14th amendment did not intend for it to ban employment discrimination against women, it also was not intended to prevent Congress or the state legislatures, at the time of the enactment or in the future, from enacting legislation that does protect women from employment discrimination should that type of legislation be deemed necessary or advisable. Jefferson was far more wary of "innovative" actions by judges, exemplified by his belief that "if federal judges have the final word over its meaning, the Constitution would be a mere thing of wax in the hands of the judiciary, which they may twist and shape into any form they please". Yet it is exactly this type of judicial activism that Strauss means when advocates a "living constitution". Strauss's fundamental error is revealed on page 103 when he says that "We cannot say that the text of the constitution does not matter ... no (textual) provision of the constitution can be overruled in the way a precedent can, or disregarded the way original understandings often are". What Strauss is saying here (well, he wouldn't put it this way, but this is my view of the matter) is that when a judge wants to be activist, to impose his/her personal policy preferences on a case, it's very important that the judge somehow, through clever verbal gymnastics, no matter how convoluted, "ground" that ruling in some actual constitutional-textual language. This is very important for achieving the political purpose of maintaining respect for the court in the eyes of the public. But to me, Strauss creates a false dichotomy: The text of the constitution is ONE AND THE SAME with its "original understanding". The 'text', the actual words of the constitution, does not exist independent of the original understanding of those words, the text is merely the communicative vessel used to convey that original understanding. That's the way language works. It's a method to convey meaning. Thus, to invoke the Due Process Clause of the 5th amendment to outlaw Federal segregation laws (as the Court did in 1955) when the enactors of the 5th amendment clearly (as Strauss admits) did not intend for it to mean that, is the SAME THING as ignoring the "text" of the constitution, since the text and original understanding are one and the same. Overall, i recommend this book. One will learn alot about constitutional history, and Professor Strauss is surely correct in that the "living constitution" view is in fact the dominant way in which the Court has gone about its business in practice, regardless of what legal theoreticians have thought. But, don't expect to be convinced by much Professor Strauss has to say about why this is a good thing.
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Ross L. Meyer
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★★★★★ 5
Originalist v Living Document , 5 - 4
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I found the author's arguments to be logical and compelling. Those who embrace the so-called originalist view of the Constitution, for example Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, claim that they know - with great certainty - the absolute intent of the Constitution's authors. Further they claim that the Constitution provides specifics and principles which of course it does. It is simple to understand the specifics, but what about the principles? Principles, it seems to me, can and do have differing interpretations. One of the definitions of the word principle found in Merriam-Webster states, "a moral rule or belief that helps you know what is right and wrong and that influences your actions." As we all know, rules and beliefs frequently mean different things to different people. If it were not so, Supreme Court decisions would inevitably be decided 9 - 0. Many are familiar with the Supreme Court's case District of Columbia v. Heller in which Justice Scalia opined that the Second Amendment shouldn't stop the U.S. from barring certain weapons. While his opinion certainly seems reasonable to me, I cannot find that principle in the Constitution. Rather it seems to be a logical conclusion based on modern society, mores, and laws - perhaps, as Professor Strauss argues, Common Law. Whether one accepts the originalist view of the Constitution or, as I, believes a living interpretation of the great document is preferable, the one thing we can all agree on is that our nation is one of laws. To that end, it is incumbent on all citizens to accept and abide by the pronouncements of our judges, agree with them or not.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2014

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