We’re preparing for another crazy year of century plant breeding, with fourteen agaves in spike so far. After flowering 34 clones over the last two years, we expected less this year, but now, that doesn’t appear to be the case. From the initial spike appearance to the first flowers opening is generally 6-7 weeks, so we anticipate the first flowers will begin to open around May 15, right in the middle of our Spring Open Nursery & Garden weekends. The spikes below, are on one of our 2016 hybrids, made by our former volunteer, Mike Papay, who crossed Agave x protamericana with Agave ovatifolia. Planted in the garden in 2018, we christened this seven year old clone, Agave x protifolia ‘Brontosaurus’. The first image was when the spike first appeared on April 6, and the second is the same spike eight days later, so it’s truly a real-life version of Jack-and-the-Beanstalk.
No wonder Agave and Asparagus are in the same family.
Does it TASTE like asparagus?
We haven’t indulged.
Iam an Agave Collector and an adent follower