Our Lord’s Candle
Hesperoyucca whipplei
Must see!
Our Lord’s Candle, Hesperoyucca whipplei in the Californian zone of our Great Glasshouse
spectacularly large flowering spikes
Our Lord’s Candle is entirely dependent on the yucca moth for producing new seeds. The moth lays its egg in the flower’s ovary and the larvae feeds on pollen.This is the only way the yucca species can be naturally fertilised.
The spectacular tall flowers of our Lord’s Candles took a few years to appear but now they are an annual treat.
