When you see it at a nursery it stands out in it's container. And maybe that's where they do best for show.Because,once you plant them wi...Read Moreth other Agave's or typical dry garden plants they tend to blend in. Might take some creativity with rock or plant arrangement to make them more noticeable.
They are tender. Better in z10 gardens as near freezing temps stress the leaves. Below freezing would do real damage and it might take quite a while for this slow growing plant to look good again.
On the other hand,they might not like hot desert like heat or days of 100+ either. An Agave best for mild climates.
They do better in dappled sun,light shade.
My plant first set a lot of flowers and seed-pods with thousands of seeds eventually. Later it also grew bulbils, but mainly in the lowe...Read Morer part of the stalk.
24F does them severe leaf damage already.
This plant is frost tender and should be protected when overnite temperatures drop under 30 degrees F. I keep the plant on the south fac...Read Moreing wall near the house.
Frost disfigures the plant, although it may survive in much lower temperatures.
Don't know much about this species, but it's one of the more attractive and user-friendly agaves, having few sharp spines and nice, wavy ...Read Moreturquoise leaves. The spines are unique in that they are same thickness and material as leaves themselves, not projections from them of a different quality. It's almost like the leaves were cut along the edges with pinking shears. It's pretty slow growing and seems to like water more than most Agaves.
In the wild in Mexico, most plants are solitary. Unfortunately, the suckering ones are the forms most propagated and sold, obviously, as they are the easy ones to make more of. So most plants in captivity are prolific offsetters, despite that being a rare characteristic of this agave in the wild.
When you see it at a nursery it stands out in it's container. And maybe that's where they do best for show.Because,once you plant them wi...Read More
My plant first set a lot of flowers and seed-pods with thousands of seeds eventually. Later it also grew bulbils, but mainly in the lowe...Read More
This plant is frost tender and should be protected when overnite temperatures drop under 30 degrees F. I keep the plant on the south fac...Read More
Like most agave it's a very good container plant.
Because of the spine structure, one of the safest too.
Don't know much about this species, but it's one of the more attractive and user-friendly agaves, having few sharp spines and nice, wavy ...Read More