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Asparagaceae
Tuberose
Agave amica
Sensuality, dangerous pleasure, forbidden love.
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Genus
- Agave
- Native to
- Mexico
- Bloom season
- Summer, Fall
- Type
- Perennial bulb
- Height
- 75–120 cm
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil
- Rich, well-drained, sandy loam
- Water
- Moderate during growth; reduce after flowering
- Hardiness
- 8–10
- Lifespan
- Perennial; bulbs multiply yearly
Did you know
- Tuberose has one of the most prized scents in perfumery — heady, creamy, narcotic — and is a key note in Fracas, Chloé, and countless others.
- The Aztecs called it omixochitl ('bone flower') and grew it long before European contact.
- In Victorian times, young women were forbidden from walking through tuberose gardens at dusk because the scent was thought to be dangerously alluring.
- It takes about 3,600 kilograms of tuberose flowers to produce just one kilogram of absolute oil.
- Despite the name, it's not a rose and not particularly tuberous — it's actually a relative of the agave.
Color meanings
White
Voluptuousness and intoxication