Here is a very amazed lady called Mrs Hermione Morrison looking at an enormous flowering Agave which towers 25ft over her home in Helston, Cornwall. Mrs Morrison, 70, planted this in her garden in 1982 after bringing it back as a tiny seedling from a holiday in Gibraltar.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1043993/Pictured-The-rare-plant-towers-owners-house-Britains-barmy-weather-causes-grow-25ft-weeks.htmlAgave,
Large Agave plants like [...]

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The weather was very hot again so i decided to cool off by the sea.
Eastbourne promenade looked very English apart from the drought loving plants which are increasingly popular in our coastal resorts.

The most impressive plants for me are the Agave which seem to enjoy the sea air.
Their sword like leaves conjure up a feeling [...]

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