(Hespero) Yucca whipplei / Our Lord's Candle

One of Californias’ prettiest succulents, and wouldn’t you know it, it’s a Ventura County Native! Our Lord’s Candle is a beautiful grass-like plant, showing off silvery blue green blades all year and 100% drought-tolerance…..but WATCH OUT!!  The tips are extremely sharp, so plant it out of the way or somewhere your least favorite nephew will get to.  A huge food plant in native diets, Our Lord’s Candle flowers just once in its lifetime and then dies, usually producing little babies to take its place.  The flowers can take 3-15 years to show up, so if you are an L.A. Clippers fan then you know to be patient and wait for next year.  Excellent in full, hot sun and extremely dry areas.  Use as an accent on hillsides, in far away pots, or in a full moon garden with White Sage.  Flowers and flowering stalks are edible.  Can handle very cold and hot situations.