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MATURE PRIZE-WINNING AGAVE AMERICANA MARGINATA CENTURY PLANT CACTUS
ONE OF SEVERAL ENORMOUS PLANTS, CACTI & SUCCULENTS FOR SALE (SEE PHOTOGRAPHS)
MATURE, WELL-ESTABLISHED CACTUS WHICH WILL GROW TO A GIANT SIZE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY – NEW LEAVES ON THE WAY.
Agave americana, common names sentry plant, century plant, maguey or American aloe, is a species of flowering plant in the family Agavaceae, native to Mexico, and the United States in New Mexico, Arizona and Texas. Today, it is cultivated worldwide as an ornamental plant. It has become naturalized in many regions, including the West Indies, parts of South America, the southern Mediterranean Basin, and parts of Africa, India, China, Thailand, and Australia.
Although it is called the century plant, it typically lives only 10 to 30 years. It has a spread around 6–10 ft (1.8–3.0 m) with gray-green leaves of 3–5 ft (0.9–1.5 m) long, each with a prickly margin and a heavy spike at the tip that can pierce deeply. Near the end of its life, the plant sends up a tall, branched stalk, laden with yellow blossoms, that may reach a total height up to 25–30 ft (8–9 m) tall.
Its common name derives from its semelparous nature of flowering only once at the end of its long life. The plant dies after flowering, but produces suckers or adventitious shoots from the base, which continue its growth
PRIZE SPECIMEN - VERY HEALTHY – IMPRESSIVE ENOUGH TO WIN MANY AWARDS IN THE FUTURE.
HEIGHT OF CACTUS: 9 ins. (23 cm) approx.
BLACK PLANT POT NOT INCLUDED BUT CAN BE PURCHASED BY AGREEMENT.
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