Yucca whipplei - Our Lord's candle

Our Lord’s candle (Yucca whipplei) is an evergreen shrub native to the chaparral of southwestern North America, its flowering stems cooked like asparagus and its leaf fibre used for rope, baskets, and mats.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹
• Hardiness zone 11¹
• Semi-shade¹
• Well drained soil¹
• Moist soil¹

Outputs

• Human food¹
• Fibre¹

Type

• Shrub
• Evergreen

Functions

• Fire resistance²

Footnotes

1. Yucca whipplei | Plants for a Future ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time >60 seconds ↩