Agave americana (common names: Century plant)
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Agave americana (aka Century plant)
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Comments on Agave americana
21 Oct, 2007
well to be honest i am not sure either, someone gave it to me this summer so i have taken loads of cuttings, i have some in a cold frame, one in the pourch and one in the house, but i think i am going to risk leaving the big one outside, because it is quite big and very sharp and i have a 2 year old hooligan! so i am kind of covering all angles really. do you know exactly what it is? i am thinking aloe, but not sure would be good to know the variety ect.
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21 Oct, 2007
Your plant is an Agave. In Mexico they make a distilled spirit from the juice called Mezcal. Tequila is made out of the juice from the blue Agave. I have often wondered what Tequila tastes like, have you ever tasted it?
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28 Aug, 2008
I have two of these plants. Although I didn't know what they were called I took a chance and left them outside in the ground. The person I got these two beauties from has several which are over five feet tall. One of mine has had babies, and the babies are growing about three feet from the parent plant. I was told by the fellow I got mine from that they were called Texas Corn Plants, but, I'm not sure. I would like to know their proper name though.
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January 2008 i have several babies potted up of this one in the greenhouse and house, so i decided to take the chances with the big one and pot it up into the medium size of my new bargin terricotta pots. the weather has been mild for this time of year and it will be in the green house anyway, i thought these 3 new pots would look fantastic in the summer with the mexican yucca, centry plant and echivera. desplayed in the front garden with big pebbles and stones!
I have one of the variegated forms, not sure of exact cultivar name as the original plant was an offset donated by my mother. I usually leave it outside all summer, unheated greenhouse in winter. I may consider leaving it outside in winter this year, but I'll keep it in a container rather than planting it out as I suspect it will hate having wet feet all winter in my clay soil. Snails eat the leaves, or try to, leaving unsightly notches which is why the lower leaves have been cut.
We bought a small agave americana from Winterbourne Botanic Garden.
We've planted it in the front garden. We added a lot of sand and grit to the soil, and top dressed it with purple slate.
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21 Oct, 2007
Hi, I purchased one of these plants this year. I was wondering If you are going to leave yours outdoor during the winter months?
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