And the dog days await.

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WEST ATHENS -- How hot has it been? Hot enough for a plant native to the arid Southwest to bloom for the first time since it was planted almost 25 years ago in a garden in rural West Athens.

"They're over my head," Corson, 83, of North Road, said of the blossoms on her yucca plant. "They're supposed to be like a cactus. I didn't think they would even blossom up here. I'll bet it's way over 20 years old, more like 25 years. It never blossomed before. It just had those spiky leaves on the bottom."

The yucca plants are native to the hot and dry parts of North, Central, South America, and the Caribbean.

http://www.onlinesentinel.com/news/a-wallflower-for-2-decades-desert-plant-erupts-in-bloom_2010-07-16.html
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