Agave

I love how agaves look. I hate how readily they draw blood with those vicious spines. We grow mostly high altitude forms that can take incredible amounts of cold provided they are kept perfectly dry. They're monocarpic, growing for decades before finally deciding to send up truly massive flower spikes and killing themselves in the process. Despite their idiosyncratic blooming habits, I know a surprising number of people who breed agaves... it is an interesting hobby and they all have stories about trying to find ladders big enough to get up to the flowers or sneaking onto private property at night to snag pollen from some rare species. Agave nuts be crazy. Which is, of course, a good thing.



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Agave geminiflora 'Spagheti Strap'

Agave geminiflora 'Spagheti Strap'

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Agave havardiana

Agave havardiana

A big, beefy, blue agave reaching, when happy, a good three feet in diameter, and then eventually firing off a massive telephone pole of a flowering spike for one giant, lethal, orgy of sexual reproduction.One of the hardiest species, it can take Western zone 5 winters, though our soggy Michigan winters are pretty much certain death. Might survive if planted under and overhanging eve of the house to keep the rain off.
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Agave parryi cousii

Agave parryi cousii

Agave parryi cousii A dwarf version of parryi this has broad bluish leaves and excellent cold hardiness native in central Arizona in Coconino County
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Agave parryi parryi

Agave parryi parryi

Agave parryi parryi Parry's agave or mescal agave is a slow-growing agave native to Arizona, New Mexico, and northern Mexico. The leaves are grey green and have a spine at the tip. One of the distinguishing features is that the point on the tip, which is typically dark tan, brown, or black, is darker than the leaf. The rosette grows as large as 1 to 2 feet in diameter. Parry's Agave is evergreen. Mature plants produce a twelve-foot stalk with bright yellow blooms. They are monocarpic
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Agave victoriae-reginae v compacta

Agave victoriae-reginae v compacta

Named for Queen Victoria of England, this forms a distinctive rosette of stiff thick leaves with distinct "keels" and longitudinal white markings. Rosettes may be a little over 2 ft in diameter and are usually solitary or offsetting sparingly. The inflorescence is a 10 ft spike of white flowers with a reddish tinge. This is my favorite Agave
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