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Once in a lifetime

502615_01 Suzanne Meyer and her extraordinary agave plant. Picture: Edmund Coleman
Edmund Coleman

AROUND a month ago, Suzanne and Werner Meyer noticed something unusual in their garden. One of their many agave plants had begun to bloom. The agave, or century plant, only flowers once – a process that can take more than a decade – after which the plant dies due to expending all its energy on […]

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