A Beautiful, bushy, mature, and fast-growing healthy plant, that vary in size. The plants we ship on 8/28/22 are shown in the picture with no flowers. Every plant should flower from late July.
Dark green leaves. A healthy plant, grown in a 6" pot. Pictures for reference only when the plant grows large and flower. The plants with flowers were our plants from last summer.
Hardy in zones 7
Grow indoors or outdoor, MIN. TEMP. : mid 10's, Need full sun/filtered light
We smell the fragrance of Tuberose all over the garden although only one plant is blooming at this time.
Agave Amica, formerly Polianthes tuberosa, the tuberose, is a perennial plant in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae, extracts of which are used as a note in perfumery. Now widely grown as an ornamental plant, the species was originally native to Mexico.
The common name derives from the Latin tuberosa through French tubereuse, meaning swollen or tuberous in reference to its root system.
The tuberose is herbaceous, growing from underground tubers or tuberous roots. It produces offsets. The leaves are a dull green and about 1–1.5 ft (30–50 cm) long and up to 0.5 in (13 mm) wide at the base. They are slightly succulent. The inflorescence is a spike, reaching up to 3 ft (1 m) high, with pure white waxy flowers. The flowers are tubular, with a tube up to 2.5 in (6 cm) long, separating into six flaring segments (tepals) at the end, and are strongly fragrant. There are six stamens, inserted into the tube of the flower, and a three-part stigma.
The double-flowered cultivar 'The Pearl' has broader and darker leaves, and shorter flower spikes, usually reaching only 1.5–2 ft (50–60 cm). Orange-flowered forms of the species have been reported.
Tuberose plant info varies as to which gardening zones can leave the bulbs in the ground over the winter. All recommend spring planting, but autumn digging and storage are said by some to be necessary for all but zones 9 and 10. Others say tuberose bulbs can be left in the ground as far north as USDA Hardiness Zone 7.