Isn't is special when you find a favorite plant growing in your neighborhood.  A plant that isn't a household name at least where I live.  Here's the Puya, and she has one stalk which will bloom sometime soon.  In bloom unmistakable with those jade blue waxy flowers.  Worthy of a daily pilgrimage.  When not blooming, not so spectacular unless you know what's coming.  Here, the Puya is a once-a-year bloomer.