can reach up to 25 feet. The plant dies after flowering, but produces suckers from the base, which continue it's growth. The average lifespan is around 28 years.
5/04/2009
Looking Around The Hometown
While looking around the hometown this past weekend, I had the opportunity to see "The Century Plant". It rarely blooms, but when it does, the long thingie with a cyme of big yellow flowers
can reach up to 25 feet. The plant dies after flowering, but produces suckers from the base, which continue it's growth. The average lifespan is around 28 years.
can reach up to 25 feet. The plant dies after flowering, but produces suckers from the base, which continue it's growth. The average lifespan is around 28 years.
