This Sisal Plant is one tough survivor!! About 30 years ago I found this little guy, in a newly made roadway, that had been created to construct the neighbor’s house. The poor sole had been badly crushed down by car wheels, so I transplanted to the front of our house.

For ~ ten years, I thought it was a gonner, because the center new leaf area had all rotted. But, as you can see, it seems to have regrown the center new leaf area, and be making new leaves, off of which you see long curling fibers, for which this plant is most famous. However, despite the 30 years, the leaf circle is still about the same size, about 12” dia, as when I first found it. Growing in the wild, most Sisal Plants around here are up to 36” leaf circle.

The Sisal Plant is famous because, it’s leaves have long fibers: Local lore around here has it that the North American Natives used this for rope, twine, and garment cloth. Sisal is a member of the Agave Family, and similar to the Yucca Plant with high bulbous Flowers, on a stalk.


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