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Our Lords Candle in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Yucca whipplei

 

Our Lord's Candle

Yuccas are sculptural plants that form a tree-trunk like growth as the fleshy, sword-shaped leaves die and are shed. In Summer a well-established plant will sometimes have spikes of creamy coloured bell-shaped, fragrant flowers. This variety is a clump forming species with narrow, rigid, spine tipped leaves. Fragrant greenish-white flowers edged with purple.

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plant Features
  • Our Lords Candle likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Our Lords Candle likes very little water

    Very little water

  • Our Lords Candle is not frost hardy

    Not Frost hardy

  • Our Lords Candle likes light and free draining

    Light and free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Our Lord's Candle

Latin name

Yucca whipplei

type

Trees or Shrubs

family

Asparagaceae

ph

5.0 - 7.5 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Our Lords Candle likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Frost

    Our Lords Candle is not frost hardy

    Not Frost hardy

  • Soil

    Our Lords Candle likes light and free draining

    Light and free draining

  • Water

    Our Lords Candle likes very little water

    Very little water

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Our Lords Candle is 2.00meters x 3.00meters 2.00 M 3.00 M

Yucca whipplei

Yuccas are sculptural plants that form a tree-trunk like growth as the fleshy, sword-shaped leaves die and are shed. In Summer a well-established plant will sometimes have spikes of creamy coloured bell-shaped, fragrant flowers. This variety is a clump forming species with narrow, rigid, spine tipped leaves. Fragrant greenish-white flowers edged with purple.


Planting young plants

From Early Spring TO Mid Summer

In temperate zones where winter temperatures fall below 5C, is will not survive outdoors and should be grown as a container plant which can be brought in for winter protection. If grown as a container plant, provide as much light as possible, in front of a a south facing window is ideal. It should not be heated in winter as long as there is no risk of temperatures falling below 5C. In warmer climates, plant out in full sun in well drained soil avoiding wall or house foundations.

 

Propagation

From Early Spring TO Early Summer

Propagate by removing and potting up offsets which grow from the base of the trunk.

 
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