STAR URNS

I bought this small pair of campana urns from an antique shop in Berkshire. I had seen similar ones before, but not with the small lion paws on each corner of the base; this made them a little bit special. I decided to plant them up with a pair of agaves I’d bought in Cornwall – an Agave parrasana and a larger A. montana. I like the sculptural qualities of these agave rosettes, which are horribly beautiful. From above, their fierce leaves are arranged in an ordered spiral pattern that is reminiscent of an unfurling rosebud, but each muscular leaf of the Agave montana is armed with the sharpest needle-like points and spines reminiscent of sharks’ teeth.