Your New Favorite
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Century plant (same as the last), mid-bloom and 30 feet tall.
05/06/11 1:07 PM
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Century plant, pre-bloom, pre-death.
04/20/2011 1:01 PM
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This Century Plant in my neighborhood created a very tall bloom at the beginning of the summer. And now it’s dead.
From Wikipedia:
[The Century Plant] has a spreading rosette (about 4 m/13 ft wide) of gray-green leaves up to 2 m (6.6 ft) long, each with a spiny margin and a heavy spike at the tip that can pierce to the bone. Its common name derives from its habit of only occasionally flowering, but when it does, the spike with a cyme of big yellow flowers may reach up to 8 m (26 ft) in height. The plant dies after flowering, but produces suckers or adventitious shoots from the base, which continue its growth.
07/22/10 5:12 PM
![This Century Plant in my neighborhood created a very tall bloom at the beginning of the summer. And now it’s dead.
From Wikipedia:
[The Century Plant] has a spreading rosette (about 4 m/13 ft wide) of gray-green leaves up to 2 m (6.6 ft) long, each with a spiny margin and a heavy spike at the tip that can pierce to the bone. Its common name derives from its habit of only occasionally flowering, but when it does, the spike with a cyme of big yellow flowers may reach up to 8 m (26 ft) in height. The plant dies after flowering, but produces suckers or adventitious shoots from the base, which continue its growth.
07/22/10 5:12 PM](http://www.tumblr.com/photo/1280/yournewfavorite/850810210/1/tumblr_l611jgDLVm1qz6k80 "http://yournewfavorite.com/post/850810210")
