{"id":122023,"date":"2021-09-15T22:44:49","date_gmt":"2021-09-15T15:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/my-towering-agave-plant-is-in-full-bloom-but-its-a-bittersweet-bonanza-adrian-chiles\/"},"modified":"2021-09-15T23:07:27","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T16:07:27","slug":"my-towering-agave-plant-is-in-full-bloom-but-its-a-bittersweet-bonanza-adrian-chiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/my-towering-agave-plant-is-in-full-bloom-but-its-a-bittersweet-bonanza-adrian-chiles\/","title":{"rendered":"My towering agave plant is in full bloom \u2013 but it\u2019s a bittersweet bonanza | Adrian Chiles"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe century plant outside my flat grew a monstrous stalk this summer. I have since learned this means its days are numbered \u2013 which has painted it in a whole new lightThere is a great big plant outside the flats where I live that looks bewildered to find itself there. In Mexico, yes; west London, not so much. Its leaves look like the tongues of giant lizards, with prickly edges and nasty spikes at the tips. This summer, out of their ferocious midst, a thick stalk emerged suddenly and grew, almost overnight, to an astonishing height. There was a certain exhibitionist arrogance about this new weapon in its armoury. I admired it, but feared it a little, too.Enquiries revealed the plant to be Agave americana. This species is commonly known as the century plant, although typically it lives for between 10 and 30 years. I read with great sadness that it sends up the magnificent, branched stalk only the once, as it comes to the end of its life. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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