Agave Pups

 

Yesterday I wrote about the century plant or agave, as it is called. Here is the giant (well, sort of a big one) agave that is outside the front of our Tucson area home. If you look carefully you can see some of the pups, or little shoots that this plant likes to send out.

 

 

Here's a closer look at the pups. The root can run underground for several feet and pop up near other plants. Troy and Sue who take care of the landscaping have been digging up the pups and saving them for me.

 

In the IKEA Agaves post from last spring you can see what these pups look like when they are potted. The agave containers are quite handsome. Very desert looking.

 

So, for my Dad, this is the foreshadowing of his next Priority Mail box that is in the mail. Beware the agave pup! It's in the box, along with some cactus soil to plant the baby agave.

 

The pup will bring some southern sunshine to Dad's northern winter. Onward and upward!

 

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Wanda Hayes Eichler