Our Lord's Candle, Chaparral Yucca, Quixote Yucca (Hesperoyucca whipplei)

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Opoetree Oak View, CA Jul 08, 2011

Our Lord's Candle, Chaparral Yucca, Quixote Yucca
Hesperoyucca whipplei

Yucca -- after the blossoms have all dropped and the seeds have formed.

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Kell San Leandro, CA(Zone 9b) Dec 23, 2011

Love your photo series on this one!

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Opoetree Oak View, CA Dec 25, 2011

...and it STILL pretty much looks like that! The base is mostly green...and its neighbor plant looked like it was going to bloom last July, too -- but we are still waiting. (Guess this is the 'slow food' version of the plant world -- WORTH WAITING FOR!)

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Opoetree Oak View, CA May 27, 2012

The yucca of 2011 is now dried -- but the stalk stem is still standing
and a younger plant is now blooming.

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Kell San Leandro, CA(Zone 9b) May 27, 2012

The new bloom is just so striking.

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Opoetree Oak View, CA May 28, 2012

The Yucca is a great plant!

I recall one year (perhaps 10 years ago) that
we had one that grew really tall...
a neighbor was walking her dog past it
and the dog just looked up at it in awe.
I think that one was the tallest we've ever had.

It is just exciting to see them bloom...
driving to work I can see them in the
surrounding hills. Just beautiful!

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Kell San Leandro, CA(Zone 9b) May 28, 2012

I agree. I used to underestimate their beauty and then one day I came face to face with one and fell in love.

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