Suddenly Seymor

This Agave Americana Century Plant is so named because it supposedly blooms once in a century once in a lifetime.  After it blooms, it dies. The stalk is currently growing 6-10 inches/day.  It will rise 15-20 feet high.

This plant is known to some as the century plant, because it is thought to flower only once every 100 years; however, this is misleading as it usually flowers after 20-30 years of storing enormous food reserves in its leaves and then dies.