Monday September 24, 2007
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Monday September 24, 2007
My Favorite Monster Plants
My favorite plants are monstrous, strange, and spiky. The more alien the better. If they produce big lovely flowers, I make some allowances for also having plain leaves. My garden features a selection of large cactus, succulents, and other prickly things. Here are some of my best:
Cactus flowers:
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Front porch
pots: 
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Flowering
yucca: 
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Chrysler Imperial Rose
(hybrid tea): 
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Flowering
dracena: 
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Succulents
at night: 
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Front porch
cactus: 
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Front porch
cactus: 
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Front porch
cactus: 
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Front porch
crest cactus: 
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Front porch
crest cactus: 
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Striped
agave: 
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Striped
agave: 
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Baby
agave: 
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Images Copyright 2003-2007 by Katy Dickinson and John Plocher
Posted at 11:15PM Sep 24, 2007 by katysblog in Home & Family | Comments[2]
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Wow, the agave is already of impressive size!!!! Good luck, Katy! BTW: does it flower?
Posted by Geetha on September 25, 2007 at 03:40 PM PDT #
Some agaves are called century plants because they are supposed to bloom once in a hundred years. However, they mostly bloom in 25 years. The plant that blooms produces a huge stalk then dies after flowering. I have found some new sources for agaves and information on them:
http://www.smgrowers.com (San Marcos Growers), http://www.plantdelights.com (Plant Delights), and http://www.yuccado.com (Yucca Do)
Posted by Katy Dickinson on September 26, 2007 at 07:21 AM PDT #