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Century Plant Abloom: FOTD Oct 17, 2021

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My Century Plant is an Agave Americana. It blooms every 10 to 20 years and then dies, but sends off offshoots which grow into new plants. In this case, it created two, each of which is now blooming at the same time. I think this plant  and its offshoots have bloomed more than twice in the 20 years I’ve been here but I may be wrong. I do remember it blooming at least once before. The blooms are about 8 inches in diameter and the honeybees and wasps love them!

For Cee’s Flower of the Day prompt

Century Plant in Pre-bloom: Flower of the Day, Aug 17, 2017

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 Is this the largest stalk of asparagus in the world? Click on first photo to enlarge all.

 

Nah, it’s the great granddaughter of the first century plant I planted here 16 years ago. After it blooms (this is its blooming stalk) it dies and a new one grows up in its place. Sources say it takes 10 to 20 years for it to bloom but I remember at least three blooms since I’ve been here, the last one much more recent than 10 years.

For Cee’s Daily Flower Prompt.