The Cellar - View Single Post - February 23, 2015: The Swansong of an Aged Agave

monster · 02-23-2015, 06:23 PM

This 80-year old Agave plant will be cut down next month. After 80 years of growth at the University of Michigan's Matthaei Botanical Gardens in Ann Arbor, it finally flowered last spring and has now gone into decline. It reached 28 feet tall after a final growth spurt just before it flowered.

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02-23-2015, 06:23 PM	#1
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	February 23, 2015: The Swansong of an Aged Agave This 80-year old Agave plant will be cut down next month. After 80 years of growth at the University of Michigan's Matthaei Botanical Gardens in Ann Arbor, it finally flowered last spring and has now gone into decline. It reached 28 feet tall after a final growth spurt just before it flowered. Story __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart