Agave Desert Love South Africa each highlighted with central yellow

each highlighted with central yellow stamens

fastest in cool summer climates

and one of the best sports to be discovered from Hosta 'Halcyon'

Although it is similar to many of the hard to grow high Himalayan species

pegging into moist soil every few inches and sending up another plant

Agave Desert Love South Africa each highlighted with central yellowWe grew this seed batch of Agave ovatifolia and it was soon obvious there had been some romantic hanky panky in the high desert mountains of Northern Mexico where these originated. The resulting offspring from the tryst appear to be hybrids of Agave ovatifolia with the lovely Agave parrasana and possibly Agave asperrima (scabra). The foliage of Agave 'Desert Love' ranges from wide to narrow with an assortment of recurved leaf tips, spine patterns, but