Century Plant (Agave americana) NORTH OF OLD MAIN'S WEST ENTRANCE

Obviously this is a very young plant. To see a full-grown Century Plant, view the example at 1504 E. Helen. Walk back to

36	Used for fiber in Mexico. After a number of years (not a century as the legend goes -- more like 20 years), the plant throws up a giant twenty-foot blossom stalk. It blooms, produces seed and dies. Seedlings and little off-shoot plants start the cycle all over again.