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Century Plant

Agave americana

Photo by Ava T-B
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The first picture has a century plant growing in my garden. The second two are of the century plant growing next to it which I managed to kill (unintentionally). It takes a real brown thumbed person to kill a century plant!

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Agave americana

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Comments (3)
Ava T-B
martinl, the good looking one was also rotten at the core and I've taken it out. A friend told me they die like this when they get no water at all, and I had been gone for a month, and didn't water before I went, so I think that's what killed them. I'm going to replace them with a Toyon shrub which is native to this area and attracts birds.
MartinL
Since the other one looks so good, you might consider the next one was lost at the hands of a parasite, fungus etc. The cause may not be due to the color of your thumb=)

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