I thought I'd update you on my soap tree yucca (above) and giant agave that started sending up stalks this spring. It appears they've reached their lofty peaks and are now blooming. The three yucca stalks on the soap tree are loaded with creamy white flowers that the birds and bees love. You can see the skeleton of last year's stalk to the right. It's probably three or four feet long!
Now the flowers are dropping and creating a white carpet below.
It started sending out side branches that are now covered with buds. I'm not sure if they'll open into flowers or if this is it.
What I do know is that this is the beginning of the end for this agave. They only bloom once in their life, then they die. But first they drop seeds around themselves so that baby agaves will replace them.
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Your desert plants are amazing, so big and beautiful!
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