UW News
Doug Ewing
June 4, 2014
It’s not giant asparagus: Nine-foot agave showing off at botany greenhouse
![People gather around pot with plant that has tall flower spike](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2014/06/04182748/AgaveSugdenEwingSavolainen1-150x150.jpg)
Stop outside the botany greenhouse to see an agave plant that’s grown a 9-foot-plus flower spike and is about to bloom for the first time in 25 years.