This is the Century Plant near the time of the Germinator Blog article of May 18, 2023.

This is the Century Plant near the time of the Germinator Blog article of May 18, 2023.

Century Plant as of May 31, 2023

Century Plant as of May 31, 2023

Here’s an update on the century plant (agave) still in bloom in Ghent. The flowers are much more developed than when I first wrote about it in the Germinator. Don’t know how much longer it will keep blooming, and expect that the giant plant’s post-bloom death will be no less dramatic than the show we’ve had already.