This agave or commonly called century plant is blooming on my street. There are two of them blooming right now and they are spectacular with the spike rising 30' above the plant. It takes all the plants energy to produce this once in a life time bloom and then it dies. Does the plant really live to be 100 years old before it blooms? I'm afraid not, they are usually in the 10 year old range, but it may happen at anytime. Even though the host plant dies the agave is self spreading and usually has many smaller plants continuing to fill the landscaped space.
~Jennise Phillips, Associate Broker
