Massive rare plants that can take decades to flower have “burst into bloom for the first time” at a garden in the United Kingdom, said SWNS, the British news service.
And it’s all thanks to the heat wave.
The furcraea longaeva grow to over 16 feet tall.
It means the plants may be dead within the next two weeks, SWNS said.
“They can take 10 years to flower, but possibly up to 25 years, in some cases.”
The rare 10-year-old furcraea longaeva are now flowering at National Trust’s Overbeck’s Garden, in Salcombe, Devon. Gardener Sam Elliott said he planted them at Overbeck’s Garden a decade ago. (SWNS)
He also said, “It will leave tiny ‘bulbils’ that we will use to propagate future plants. It is very exciting to see them flower for the first time.”
He also told the BBC, “It’s monocarpic, meaning it will flower once — then die as it spends 10 years building up energy in leaves, stem and roots.”
‘Extremely noticeable’ plants
The plants are described a “huge, spiky (but soft) exotics from Mexico,” according to Architectural Plants.
“Sometimes the trunk becomes so tall, they keel over under their own weight and appear to snake along the ground.”
Also, “there seems to be some confusion over the nature and size of the trunk,” said Architectural Plants.
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