It’s all eyes on Tenby’s Giltar Hotel as head gardener Simon Rowlands has given an update on its ‘death flower’ [named Susan] which has started to bloom in recent days!

Simon and the Giltar are no strangers to big ‘in bloom’ awards - and the seafront accommodation revealed earlier this summer, that it has something even bigger on its hands - which has been described as a ‘natural phenomenon’ by floral experts.

The gardens of the hotel which sits on the Esplanade, overlooking South Beach is seeing its agave plant [also known as the death flower] reaching up as far into the sky as the establishment’s gardening team could ever imagine - towering over the sands below, at over 30ft high!

The plant sends up a spike-like stem that will bloom - a natural phenomenon known as the ‘death bloom’. But alas, as is the nature of the plant, and as its nickname suggests, after it put it flowers, it will begin to die - but hopefully not before putting on a blooming great display!

Now the wait appears to be almost over, as the agave has started to flower, with a lot of hard work over many years about to pay off.

The Giltar’s head gardener, Simon Rowlands, who picked up another Wales in Bloom award last year on behalf of the premises, for ‘best Hotel with a Frontage display’ previously gave some insight into the history of the plant.

“Many years ago we planted a little tiny agave, that was in the 1990s, so it’s got to be nearly 30 years old now,” he said.

“Now, it’s absolutely huge. It’s called the death flower, because once it flowers, the plant will die.”