Agave lodge from Plant Delights Nursery

Like many of you, I've been a large fan of Plant Delights Nursery inwards Raleigh, North Carolina for a break of years. Even if you've never ordered from them, you're in all likelihood familiar amongst their catalog—easily the most unique too entertaining found catalog inwards the country.

Owner Tony Avent is 1 of the world's leading plantmen, a truthful renaissance guy. To acquire an persuasion of what he's done too where he's been, banking concern agree these plant expedition logs. Among many other found categories, he's considered an adept inwards agaves. Plant Delights has introduced many agave cultivars over the years, including 'Silver Surfer', 'Arizona Star' too 'Frostbite'.

The 2017 catalog is peculiarly rich inwards novel Agave and ×Mangave cultivars. Take a aspect here. The entire attain of agaves too mangaves currently available is here. I placed an gild when the 2017 catalog came out a few months ago, too today my plants arrived. For a found lover, few things are every bit exciting every bit receiving a bundle similar this inwards the mail:


I was a flake surprised yesteryear the size of the box, considering I ordered alone v plants. However, correct afterwards opening the box, it became clear that everything was rattling good packaged.



This is where all the sometime Plant Delights catalog go:


And hither are my novel beauties:



×Mangave 'Spotty Dotty':



×Mangave 'Spotty Dotty' is a vigorous 2017 Walters Gardens introduction...a Hans Hansen hybrid involving iii North American natives...Agave gypsophila, Agave bovicornuta too Manfreda maculosa. [It] forms a 10" tall x 3' broad rosette of 3" wide, lightly wavy, glaucous, blue-green leaves, highlighted yesteryear an abundance of maroon spots too edged amongst soft, plastic knife-like serrations.

Agave multifilifera 'Starshine':


 

Agave multifilifera 'Starshine' is a stunning century plant, similarly patterned only different from the amend known Agave schidigera 'Shiro ito no Ohi'.  The leaves of Agave multifilifera 'Starshine' are 1/2" narrower (3/4" compared to 1.25") than Agave 'Shiro ito no Ohi', each surrounded yesteryear a rattling brilliant cream border. The solitary, non-offsetting Agave 'Starshine' is adorned amongst an abundance of modest white curled hairs. 
The comment nearly it existence lonely is interesting, considering my found does have a pup already!


Agave 'Bluebell Giants':



Agave 'Bluebell Giants' is a 2016 Plant Delights Nursery introduction of a seed strain of century plants that originated from our 2014 cross of 2 of our largest too hardiest century plants, Agave × protamericana too Agave × pseudoferox 'Bellville'. If the size of the parents is any indication, nosotros await the offspring to accomplish at to the lowest degree 7' tall x 12' inwards width or larger. Each Agave 'Bluebell Giants' seedling is different, only the consistent traits we've seen too then far are fast increment rate, overnice bluish foliage, too upturned leafage tips. Agave 'Bluebell Giants' contains genes from at to the lowest degree three agave species (Agave americana, A. asperrima, too A. gentryi). This is a limited-time offering or until nosotros run out of seed.
The mature size of this cultivar is intimidating, only I couldn't resist. Now to notice a spot for it!


Agave 'Desert Love':



We grew this seed batch of Agave ovatifolia and it was rapidly obvious in that location had been or too then romantic hanky panky inwards the high desert mountains of Northern Mexico. The resulting offspring from the tryst look to live hybrids of Agave ovatifolia with the lovely Agave parrasana and peradventure Agave asperrima (scabra). The foliage of Agave 'Desert Love' ranges from broad to narrow amongst an assortment of recurved leafage tips, spine patterns, only almost consistently bluish foliage...unlike the by too large light-green Agave ovatifolia hybrids nosotros offering every bit 'Huasteca Giant'. This is our start offering of these amazing plants, too then if you lot similar hardy century plants, you lot may desire to crusade several, since each private is different. We anticipate most plants volition mature inwards the 2' tall x 6' broad range, only in that location volition live or too then smaller too or too then larger. 
This 1 sounded too then interesting that I ordered two.


Here they are again:


I'm actually excited nearly the potential of these rare too odd cultivars. It's ever goodness to convey replacements on manus inwards example an in-ground found needs to live removed. The likelihood of that happening is high afterwards our extremely moisture winter.
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