The century plants are blooming now. They aren't on a 100 year timetable, more like the schedule of a cicada. For years they sit around looking like any other agave, with beautiful succulent grey-green leaves and needle-sharp points. Then, an incredible asparagus-like shoot practically explodes out of the base, growing impressively fast. (This spring, one in Fort Davis that shot up 18 inches a DAY) The stalks come up so fast and the blooms are so large, they exhaust the plant, using up all the resources it has quietly stored up. Once they bloom, that's it, they're gonna die. But right now, they're pretty spectacular.
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