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| Agave Salmiana |
Common Names: Giant Agave
Scientific Name: Agave Salmiana
Height: 4-6 feet
Growth Rate: Slow
Sun Tolerance: Full Sun
Span: 2m
ABP Index: 4.5 (Aesthetics 4.5, Solidarity 4.5)
The agave salmiana is a vigorous, evergreen, rosette forming shrub. Its fleshy grey/ green leaves are strap shaped, up to 1.5m long with large spins (up to 8cm) arranged its leaf margins. It's sheer size dwarfs you and makes you feel like an ant in its presence. It has small yellow flowers that appear at the top of a tall, erect flower stalk that could stretch many meters high. Each plant flowers once, usually after 20 years. After flowering it dies and produces rhizome like offsets which helps the spread of this plant. By it's death it creates life and sustains it's species. Its root system is shallow and fibrous.
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| Agave Salmiana stems |
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| Agave Salmiana Flowers |
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an interesting psot. I have never seen this before. I ha similar plants in my window a few years ago but they were small. :)
ReplyDeleteLovely to discover your blog and many thanks for visiting me.
ReplyDeleteWonderful big plants and they grow so big.
Happy week
Carolyn