TIM REVELL | DISPATCH Blooms are beginning to open on the century plant at the Franklin Park Conservatory Century plant finally bearing rare blossoms Let the blooming begin. Like expectant parents, staff members at the Franklin Park Conservatory have been anxiously awaiting blossoms on their century plant. Since mid-December, they have known flowers were coming as they watched an asparaguslike stalk grow 8 to 12 inches a week. The bloom of a century plant (Agave americana) is a rare event in central Ohio, even in the lush environment of the conservatory.

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