Century Plant Lifecycle

The century plant will stay at ground level at about the same height for about 30 years, and then it will grow a giant stock from 15 to 30 feet high out of the middle of the plant, and it will have beautiful yellow flowers, which will drop seeds which will grow the next generation of century plants. If you have a century plant in your yard, at some point it will do this, and you can collect the seats and grow more century plants. Some people also call these sentry plants.

[@cool7654321]

man thats so... sad and beautiful in a way, they live so long and explode so tall and beautiful for just a short time and finally die... like us, saving up our whole life just for that little window of pleasure we get when we retire until we shortly die after...

[@michaellaroche5462]

Geeeezzzz deep....

[@tonelar415]

swhy i quit as soon as i could afford to -

[@ThatNerdChris]

Thanks for making this! Never knew these existed. Crazy!

[@hoohoohoblin]

You’re welcome

[@omyswiftlourido4161]

I live in Puerto Rico and there’s one in our yard that my grandma says is over 50 years old I’m 45 and I was around before I was born the stalk on it is about 30 feet tall right now Incredible looking plant

[@barbaraheller546]

I have this growing in the front of my house. I live in Florida. I had no idea what this thing in the middle was.

[@sudhakarkumar3754]

You make vegetables ,,that part look like banana 😊

[@navdeepsingh-pk5qk]

It is best looking plant on the earth

[@sidology1.0]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Violetamiaa]

I have ONE at the Side of my garage and has more than 20 years old ., and in a (open and closed of eyes) it grownup 33 ft incrediblely. I’m to sad because it will die… Greetings 🖖🏻 from El Paso Tx.

[@haleymarierobertson9402]

Thank you for this video! My boys had a lesson in their school work on the Century Plant. This was perfect!

[@hoohoohoblin]

You’re welcome. When I made this video, I didn’t think it would get very many views, but I hoped it would help somebody learn a little bit, so I’m glad you found it.

[@mia_cenan]

You helped with my biology project, thank you!

[@hoohoohoblin]

You’re welcome

[@ChhowrayMaharaj]

Great bee pics!!!

[@Pugetwitch]

That's so cool how they all bloomed at the same time down along the beach.

[@hoohoohoblin]

Yes. They all sense it at the same time.

[@Rocheman79]

Thanks for the video I now want one

[@hoohoohoblin]

+Christian Roche You're welcome.

[@marykoehler4125]

We have one ready to bloom in Tucson! Our son is sending us photos...it was the 30 foot kind and has lots of branches to bloom....sad I won't be there in person! Lots of people stopping at our place to take pictures!

[@josh_fn6208]

POV: you’re here after seeing that tik tok

[@garbagecan13]

True

[@mmcmann9539]

Nope

[@Lukas_Aryan]

Nope, i came from “before your” eyes dumb ass

[@kiratwo4u]

pov: cringe detected

[@x.c.458]

Yep, even 2 years later

[@RareCandeh]

Are you in San Diego or Socal? I've noticed these trees everywhere, my neighbor's yard, the beach, the parks, the side of highways, etc. It's just so cool that all of them are blooming at the same time!

[@riv6580]

They're all over the west. TEXAS IS FULL OF THEN. FUN FACT ABOUT AGAVE, THEY ONLY GROW IM THE AMERICAS

[@spaceboyfriend9390]

these plants are fascinating

[@szabib2144]

Very beautiful, ours have already grown it’s massive stock and is still growing like a agave Americana, are they able to sprout a stalk multiple times because our Americana didn’t die after the stock got full height and then broke of to the side. I also have been harvesting the lil pups that are growing, the pups I’m harvesting are about 2 years old and about 2 feet around and 2 feet tall.

[@riv6580]

Century plant IS am agave Americana

[@fommy.treeman]

That family guy clip was awesome

[@Marchautowerks]

I have one in my backyard, just started growing it’s stalk

[@Ojb_1959]

:36 to :41, what is that sound? Just curious 😳

[@-0ctupus]

KZbin shorts brought me here

[@sidology1.0]

So do these also prosuxe agave nectar as well?

[@marcossocram6723]

Awesome

[@hoohoohoblin]

Thanks

[@isabellam1936]

Fascinating

[@hoohoohoblin]

Thanks

[@annalisa14]

Is this in San Diego? Mission beach? San clemente?

[@dannyboy32125]

Ay Jackie isn't the only one!

[@creaturedomes9364]

Nice

[@hoohoohoblin]

Thanks

[@annalisa14]

Twice in a lifetime plant. Maybe once.

[@KowboyUSA]

Got to get it up if you want to spread your seed.

[@hoohoohoblin]

+John Ratko Well said.

[@theirishaxe9405]

those are awsome . too bad not many have the patience

[@hoohoohoblin]

+John Smith I like them. I guess if someone was in a hurry to see it bloom, they could buy a big old one.

[@cantweallgetalong]

Just wondering when I should expect the 35' stalk to fall over? I suppose I should cut it down safely before that happens? It looks very heavy.

[@hoohoohoblin]

I don’t know. I left mine up for more than a year, and it never fell over, so I ended up cutting it down. It is actually very very light when it’s dead.

[@cantweallgetalong]

@@hoohoohoblin Awesome, it's the most amazing plant I ever grew. That stalk is the talk of the neighborhood. The growth rate was easily a foot a day. I didn't do my home work about the toxic juice and got sprayed with it while cutting down a bunch of pups off the the mother plant. It burns and stings and caused me to stop working. I tried washing it off my arms with poison oak soap and then rubbing alcohol, but neither worked. Just had to take Benidryl and went to sleep. I wont make that mistake twice.

[@smartwow7272]

TikTok brought me here

[@isaiahcastillo3087]

Here from Tik Tok

[@lefish5277]

It’s so incredible to think I had walked and ridden my bicycle past those houses on the strand so many times not knowing what these plants were. Wow! And that dark (see: ugly) 70s lookin’ wooden house i think was finally bought and going to be demolished/redone if it hasn’t been already

[@robinaustin7137]

i heard the spray a stink once fully bloom?????

[@hoohoohoblin]

The one in my front yard didn’t stink at all. I don’t know if other ones do.

[@nabilanona3119]

Hi, I have similar plant, and it's been flowering. After flowering is the plant going to survive? or die?

[@hoohoohoblin]

It will die after the flowers fall off.

[@user-we4ly2jr5u]

But the little ones around the base of plant will keep growing and replace the dead one

[@Brian-ux3jx]

How the hell can something generate enough material in one day to grow 4 inches. Thats insane. Wonder why they adapted to only bloom once in decades.

[@hoohoohoblin]

It is crazy how fast they grow. I think bamboo grows even faster than that, and it’s the fastest growing plant in the world.

[@1marcelfilms]

boioioing. across my street there were people getting married. too bad no guy on a bike tried to prevent it.

[@hoohoohoblin]

You should have stopped them! I can't be everywhere!

[@rickburnout666]

there are many types of Agave, what were those ?

[@hoohoohoblin]

+rickburnout666 I don't know. The one in my yard is grey with spikes on it, and the giant one is green with yellow stripes. Not sure what they are called.

[@mojhrcak6712]

Agave americana or American aloe

[@sethsammyrosevlogs9307]

Dude , you live in Florida???

[@hoohoohoblin]

Nope. California.

[@sethsammyrosevlogs9307]

hoohoohoblin oh XD the beach looked like fl

[@dylxnchn]

@@hoohoohoblin *yay go Cali! I live in Southern California*

[@brendatrump5163]

I wonder why they call them a century plant if they only live 30 years.

[@ashtonvlogs2451]

Technically it doesn’t if you don’t destroy the pups

[@spudman1734]

Disclaimer: I know nothing about plants but I'd assume it got it's name the same way a 100 year old egg did. It may not actually be a whole century, but it takes a lot of patience for you to get the result.

[@riv6580]

It's why common names need to be thrown out and botanical names should he normalized! Plus, it's fun, the second name (species) typically describes the plant.

[@hayden272]

Hi

[@hoohoohoblin]

Hi.

[@doreilly7689]

That's so sad