Century Plants

We have a century plant here in the park. We had one before that had the huge stalk like coming up and branching out, but I never remembered it actually had blooms more like straggly yellow shreds and they don't really look like flowers as such.

Here's a little about the plant it does not really live to be 100
Carolyn Tompson, and Gene Mauer have this one in their yard. I will post some pictures as it's long stalk branches out and blooms

Although it is called the century plant, it typically lives only 10 to 30 years. It has a spread of about 6–10 ft (1.8–3.0 m) with gray-green leaves of 3–5 ft (0.9–1.5 m) long, each with a prickly margin and a heavy spike at the tip that can pierce to the bone. Near the end of its life, the plant sends up a tall, branched stalk, laden with yellow blossoms, that may reach a total height of up to 25–30 ft (8–9 m) tall.

Its common name derives from its semelparous nature of flowering only once at the end of its long life. The plant dies after flowering, but produces suckers or adventitious shoots from the base, which continue its growth.[7]