My story of the agave plant. It was here when i bought the house 10 years ago.The age is about 15 years old. It has never flowered. I dont do anything with it.The height of the tallest leave is 3ft. It is very dangerous as each leave has really Sharp points all the way around. Fortunately it is in the front garden away from any children and dogs. I live in north cornwall, where the climate is wet and not very cold in the winter.
Does your agave have smaller plants growing from the side jad1? We get two or three each year and it is a real squash trying to prize them out without getting stabbed in the arm or worse in the eye by those sharp points. We don't do anything with our plant apart from keeping the weeds down around it. Our old agave plant flowered about 15 years ago and then died but luckily we had enough smaller plants to be able to replace the dying one.
Yes it does. Not a plant to fall out with. Very sharp points. My friend wont have one in her garden because of the dog chasing around. Fortunately mine is in the front garden when the dog is on the lead
Yes, I saw your agave whilst watching GW this evening - it is a big plant - they take a few years to grow that large - I imagine you have had a few comments from passers-by? We had our first plant when our daughters were very young but luckily no accidents with it's sharp points. I enjoyed the GW programme and was interested in all the "exotic" plants shown, echiums, cacti and your fleeting agave to name a few - we have many of these "exotics" in our garden which isn't particularly sheltered or hot and dry. I like growing something that is just a bit different, more of a challenge.
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My story of the agave plant. It was here when i bought the house 10 years ago.The age is about 15 years old. It has never flowered. I dont do anything with it.The height of the tallest leave is 3ft. It is very dangerous as each leave has really Sharp points all the way around. Fortunately it is in the front garden away from any children and dogs. I live in north cornwall, where the climate is wet and not very cold in the winter.
Does your agave have smaller plants growing from the side jad1? We get two or three each year and it is a real squash trying to prize them out without getting stabbed in the arm or worse in the eye by those sharp points. We don't do anything with our plant apart from keeping the weeds down around it. Our old agave plant flowered about 15 years ago and then died but luckily we had enough smaller plants to be able to replace the dying one.
Yes it does. Not a plant to fall out with. Very sharp points. My friend wont have one in her garden because of the dog chasing around. Fortunately mine is in the front garden when the dog is on the lead
Yes, I saw your agave whilst watching GW this evening - it is a big plant - they take a few years to grow that large - I imagine you have had a few comments from passers-by? We had our first plant when our daughters were very young but luckily no accidents with it's sharp points. I enjoyed the GW programme and was interested in all the "exotic" plants shown, echiums, cacti and your fleeting agave to name a few - we have many of these "exotics" in our garden which isn't particularly sheltered or hot and dry. I like growing something that is just a bit different, more of a challenge.