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Just love this variegated Agave -- show us yours


Gbarce

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so awesome.. I can grow many varieties of agave here in my climate.. but limited to non-tropicalesque species. Here is a Whale-tongue.. 2nd year in ground.

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There are far more non-tropical Agaves out there.

I have tried pushing the boundery of several cooler climate (and drier) species with very poor results. I generally can keep then alive but they end up not growing true-to-form.

That's Agave ovatifolia right? I have one in the garden but you wouldn't be able to recognize it.

Gene

Manila, Philippines

53 feet above sea level - inland

Hot and dry in summer, humid and sticky monsoon season, perfect weather Christmas time

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I haven't really tried 'less hardy' agaves.. so I wouldn't be able to offer any info in regards to a drier climate- but I do believe you that the form of a desert plant can change drastically with its environment... and perhaps stretch into failure mode. Also I have learned to not trust recommended hardiness limits for many cacti for the same regard as my climate is very dry aside from monsoon rainfall. Some of them just don't like water... however.. absolutely no freezing temperatures? a drastically different plant if it never stops or slows its growth cycle.

It is Agave ovatifolia.. I just went outside and snapped a new pic- pretty quick growth rate.

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Agave 'Cream Spike'

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This picture is from a few years ago. I put it and a few other agaves in the ground and hopefully they won't rot.

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Thank you neo.

Gbarce- I really like those Agave potatorum.. was recently reading about them but from what I read they are tender. Your parryi looks like a miniature ovatifolia.

that's the other thing- cultivars..

Nice agaves!

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Here are some of mine:

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Agave Cornelius (Agave americana variegated monstrose form)

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Agave attenuata

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Agave Blue glow variegate

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Agave bracteosa Monterey Frost

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Agave mitis (aka celsii) multicolor

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Agave desmetiana

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Agave guiengola Creme Broule

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Agave desmetiana Joe Hoak

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Agave univitatta (aka lophantha) quadricolor

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Agave applanata (aka pattonii)

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Agave parassana Fire Ball

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Agave sisalana

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Agave victoriae-reginae

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Agave weberi

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Agaves funkiana and Shiro no Ito

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Small Agave lophantha 'quadricolor'. Looks different than Geoff's. Maybe just because it is a recently planted pup. Background is a young Livistona nitida.

Great pics, everyone!

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Woodville, FL

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I have around 10 species of agave, many that I don't even know the names of. I like the big imposing ones the most, but also like just about all of them, regardless of size.

The first agave below is a descendant of one my wife bought many years ago. That one put out lots of pups, then flowered and died. The one below is now the mother plant, but I think it's getting close to flowering and dying. I think this one is Agave desmettiana (not sure of spelling). At least that is what someone told me many years ago here at this forum.

The second and third photos below are of some Agave sissilana, and are descendants of the mother plant I was given free at some nursery in Loxahatchee, Florida. The late Bob Riffle (who moderated this forum) was with me the day I got it.

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