Agave felgeri Puya so unlike our native jack-in-the-pulpits

so unlike our native jack-in-the-pulpits

In very early spring

then take on a light pink blush toward the end of the petals

it rarely produces offsets

I can see container specimens decorated for Christmas with seasonal dinosaur ornaments

Agave felgeri Puya so unlike our native jack-in-the-pulpitsAgave felgeri is a relative of Agave parviflora that hails from rocky slopes in Sonora, Mexico on the East side of Bahia San Carlos at coastal elevations less than 100'. Agave felgeri forms 15" wide offsetting clumps of narrow grey green, white marked leaves, adorned with white filifers (hairs). Agave felgeri is more robust than the better known Agave parviflora, and matures more quickly often less that five years. At maturity, it'stopped with an 8'