An American curiosity in Dr Hope's garden - The Old Edinburgh Club An American curiosity in Dr Hope's Garden in 1767: the flowering of an Agave americana or 'American aloe' in the Botanic Garden on Leith Walk

The very tall Agave americana, known as the ‘American aloe’ or ‘century plant’, flowered for the first time in Scotland in Dr John Hope’s Botanic Garden on Leith Walk in 1767. We thank Amy Orner for her blog.#botanicgarden #drhope #aloeplant