These blooming century plants are a spectacular sight to see in mid-summer on the hills.
It takes more than 25 years to create the tall flowering stalk that holds the yellow flowers. A remarkable fact in that after all those years working to attain its 12 to 18 foot height, it blooms and then it dies.
It's believed that bees and hummingbirds do the pollinating rather than bats. These plants can be found up to 9000 feet and will do their blooming from mid-June to mid-August.