In Siva's Garden Today

Every day there is magic in the Sacred Garden. Today we introduce you to Agave desmentiana "Joe Hoak." Joe is the breeder who took a plain-jane agave and gave it multi-color striations. The bees are working the little flowers with a vengeance (no doubt aware that rains are on the horizon). This gem is growing right outside the Media Studio and has become something of a show-stopper while it blooms, a process that takes weeks and weeks as the blossoms open up first at the bottom and then work their way to the top. This agave is making a thousand copies of itself! Siva's cosmos is abundant!

These are the flowers before they open.

Opened, the invite the bees to visit the stamens.

This is the full plant. It is about 9 feet tall now.

Flowers at the bottom are fully opened.

The leaves are unusually colorful for this plant. Usually they are just a deep green.

Close up.

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