michaelspinks
Kew Gardens
The century plant. It lies dormant for fifteen to twenty-five years then sends out one or two rapid stems with blooms on the top. After fifteen years of going nowhere this one grew suddenly to thirty-five feet, so they had to remove a pane of glass to let it out.
The 'century' bit is a slight exaggeration. We read of a Truro couple returning home from holiday earlier this month who found that the idle clump of foliage in their garden had put on a spurt of twenty-five feet and produced flowers up at the top too. They'd been intending to dig it up and throw it out.
Kew Gardens
The century plant. It lies dormant for fifteen to twenty-five years then sends out one or two rapid stems with blooms on the top. After fifteen years of going nowhere this one grew suddenly to thirty-five feet, so they had to remove a pane of glass to let it out.
The 'century' bit is a slight exaggeration. We read of a Truro couple returning home from holiday earlier this month who found that the idle clump of foliage in their garden had put on a spurt of twenty-five feet and produced flowers up at the top too. They'd been intending to dig it up and throw it out.