Tropicals & Tender Perennials: What a HUGE shock!!, 1 by Kell

Kell wrote:
And boy, am I in trouble now. Once they flower, they die right?? I will need a crew to take this down and haul it out. It TOWERS over my house!! I couldn't get my arms around its base for the last couple of years.

I almost missed the event! We have had such rain here, I rarely go out back in the mud. We had a day of sunshine and I was out on my porch. I just happened to glance up. What a shock. I just gawked at it.

The flower itself is so huge. We are talking in yards here not inches.

Ensete ventricosum