Last week I found myself looking—really looking—at the Agave ovatifolia next to our stock tank pond. My thoughts were along the lines of "how much longer am I going to be able to leave that agave in that container?" It's getting big, really big. Of course I have no idea how I would get it out of the container without smashing it to bits—something I don't plan to do.
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These photos were taken right after we had the fence built (there had been a large, unruly, privet hedge). It's freaky how new and wide-open everything was!
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Here's how things looked a year later, in 2015 (this post)...
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Then in 2016 (post)
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And here's a photo from 2017. In that post I actually wrote: "How much longer can I let the Agave ovatifolia live in that container? I can't imagine trying to free it."...
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Here's a double-shot from 2018 (post)...
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And from 2019 (post)...
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And today...
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What really caught my eye, and got me thinking about it's size, was the way one of the leaves has hit the tank and is growing up, at a 90-degree angle. It's hard to see in this photo, but it's under the large one growing out over the tank.
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It's been my experience that pot-bound agaves stay smaller than those in the ground...so I am surprised it's gotten this large. Time will tell if it just keeps growing, starts to decline, or reaches some point where it's just content to hang out...
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Weather Diary, June 3: Hi 72, Low 56/ Precip 0
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Then—as though she read my mind—Pam Penick posted about switching placement of two of her 'ovatifolia'. Just like that—bam—huge spiky plants were moved. She hired help, even then I don't know that I could do it. I imagine a smashed pot and a broken agave.
Here's what it looked like when I planted it, in 2014 (post here). The thing was so small I stuck other agaves in there with it, so it didn't look pathetic!
These photos were taken right after we had the fence built (there had been a large, unruly, privet hedge). It's freaky how new and wide-open everything was!
Here's how things looked a year later, in 2015 (this post)...
Then in 2016 (post)
And here's a photo from 2017. In that post I actually wrote: "How much longer can I let the Agave ovatifolia live in that container? I can't imagine trying to free it."...
Here's a double-shot from 2018 (post)...
And from 2019 (post)...
And today...
What really caught my eye, and got me thinking about it's size, was the way one of the leaves has hit the tank and is growing up, at a 90-degree angle. It's hard to see in this photo, but it's under the large one growing out over the tank.
It's been my experience that pot-bound agaves stay smaller than those in the ground...so I am surprised it's gotten this large. Time will tell if it just keeps growing, starts to decline, or reaches some point where it's just content to hang out...
Weather Diary, June 3: Hi 72, Low 56/ Precip 0
All material © 2009-2020 by Loree Bohl for danger garden. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited and just plain rude.