What is a desert spoon?

desert spoon is a flowering plant originating from the American southwest and is located across Arizona, a new Mexico, Texas and Mexico. This plant prefers dry conditions and is decorated in desert and low water gardens. In nature, it can grow extremely large, sometimes exceeding 15 feet (about 4.5 meters) in height, while gardeners tend to keep it cut and compact. Nursery and shops with supplying gardens specializing in succulents and other drought -resistant plants can carry a desert spoon or order it on the basis of. It creates a symmetrical sphere of top leaves that develop from the central trunk. The leaves tend to be stiff, but have some flexibility. In young plants, the leaves can have a shape of half a dome until the trunk develops a larger length. Flowers are made on high stems in thick creamy white clusters attracts to bees.

This plant can be easily grown from seeds. Desert spoons are under the conditions of good fistIt gets relatively large and should be planted with caution, because the trunks may tend to grow to the side rather than upright and plants can be sorted around the landscape. It can be a good planting or planting in the background in the garden and is not suitable for edges and boundaries unless the gardeners are willing to cross it to keep it small.

dry climate in the zones of the Ministry of Agriculture in the US (USDA) eight to 11 are generally suitable for growing desert spoons. The plant likes well -drained soil of medium quality and does not tend to attract pests, although besides the bees around the plant can move other insects when it is in flowering. Other succulents create excellent accompanying plantings, as well as cacti, and the plant can also be used in rock gardens to add green and color.

Sometimes a desert spoon for Yucca and other relatives. Modko-green leaves of the plant and leaf base inThe shape of the spoon is important visual tracks for accurate identification. This plant was historically used to produce a beverage known as Sotol, made by removal and roasting of the plant core and then it. The desert spoon is also edible; The Minsk base at the bottom of each leaf is tasty after steaming, cooking or baking and can be consumed simple or add to other dishes, depending on the taste of the chef.