A Floral Display 13 Years in the Making

Agaves giving their rare but spectacular flower display

I desire this finds you well and quick for the December holiday season . We lie with have the Garden Photo of the Day as well as your steady print variant . They ’re always giving us brisk ideas and on-going inspiration . I am attach some lovely photos of our neighbor ’s garden that I think your readers would find interesting . She is Janet Chen , and she has a robust and colorful succulent garden that is over 20 years old . However , the foxtail grass agave(Agaveattenuata , Zones 10–12 ) specimens are in bloom now for the first metre in 13 years ! They are named “ foxtail ” or “ swan neck ” for the development of a curved blossoming , strange among agaves . These make a very dramatic and bluff statement on the purview with Mt. Tamalpais in the background . like you a peachy vacation .

good gaze ,

Dr. Roger Greenberg

The distinctive curving flower fortify ofAgaveattenuatastand out against the bright drab California sky . As with other agave , each rosette grows for a long time before flowering , and then it go . However , offsets at the base of the plant will carry on to produce foliage and finally flower in the years to amount .

give that it flowers so rarely , the master solicitation of this century plant is the panoptic , succulent green leaves that , unlike those of most agaves , are wishy-washy . This mintage is native to the mountains of central Mexico but is wide grown in frost - free climate elsewhere . In cold climate , it can be grow outside in a container during the summer and then fetch at heart for the wintertime . The lack of spur make it a lot easier and safer to haul indoors than other , more reprehensible , agave species .

The arching flower with Mt. Tamalpais in the backcloth .

Echeveriais another staple fiber of tender , ironical climates . Like the American aloe , this flora ca n’t survive a frost but can be brought indoors for the winter in colder climates . Bright sun and wry precondition will bring out the brightest color in the leaves .

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