Small Agaves

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Small Agaves

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It seemed a good day to take some pictures of my small Agaves, just before it rained.
Agave 'Kichiokan'
Agave 'Kichiokan'
Agave 'Kichiokan' marginata
Agave 'Kichiokan' marginata
Agave isthmensis 'Shoji Raijin'
Agave isthmensis 'Shoji Raijin'
Agave guiengola 'Creme Brulee'
Agave guiengola 'Creme Brulee'
Agave ghiesbrechtii
Agave ghiesbrechtii
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Re: Small Agaves

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Agave schidigera 'Shra Ito No Ohi'
Agave schidigera 'Shra Ito No Ohi'
Agave pumila.jpg[/attachment [attachment=2]Agave potatorum 'Trade Winds'.jpg
Agave parryi 'Cream Spike'
Agave parryi 'Cream Spike'
Agave lophantha 'Quadricolor'
Agave lophantha 'Quadricolor'
Somehow the attachment information for Agave pumila has crept in between photos and should not be there.
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Agave pumila
Agave pumila
Agave potatorum 'Trade Winds'
Agave potatorum 'Trade Winds'
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Agave stricta
Agave stricta
Agave toumeyana
Agave toumeyana
Agave victoria-reginae 'Himesan No Yoki'
Agave victoria-reginae 'Himesan No Yoki'
Mangave 'Bloodspot'
Mangave 'Bloodspot'
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Super plants, Liz - thanks for sharing!
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Re: Small Agaves

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Absolutely beautiful, Liz, thanks.

But rain, what is that?!
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Lovely plants Liz, thanks for posting.
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Re: Small Agaves

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Hi Tony, rain is that wet stuff that falls from a grey sky, most of the year. that is what happens in the Manchester region, it's not like the sunny Kent. Perhaps people don't realise what a wide diversity of habitat exists in the UK, it's not quite desert and at times somewhat tropical. However, in winter everything changes and that is when the dry and the wet parts diverge, the dry part of the country, usually the east, has much drier winters, so it is drier and at times colder. The wet western side varies from the cold north, the still cold and still wet middle bit and the wet but relatively mild south. All these areas make keeping succulents alive during winter a challenge but it varies. The joys of living in the UK and growing cacti and succulents.
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Hi Liz, is A. schidigera a particularly slow growing one? I bought one at the last National; last year it hardly seemed to move, although I think it's done better this year. I don't really mind as it's an attractive plant and I don't have much room. Yours looks great, any guidance welcome! Thanks, Jean.
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A wonderful collection of beautifully grown plants - you should be proud.

I've never seen an Agave ghiesbreghtii (note spelling!) with odd marginals plus teeth on the leaf undersides like that - most unusual, even taking into account what a variable species it is. You sometimes see that in some hybrids like x nigra but not in one of these.
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Re: Small Agaves

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Hi Jean, it must be a slow grower, as I have had this at least five years and it has not grown much at all. This is it's first pot and it is just in need of re-potting-next year.
Thanks everyone for your kind words and yes I am proud of these, thank you.
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