Small Agaves
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Small Agaves
It seemed a good day to take some pictures of my small Agaves, just before it rained.
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Re: Small Agaves
Somehow the attachment information for Agave pumila has crept in between photos and should not be there.
Last edited by Liz M on Sun Oct 21, 2018 4:05 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Small Agaves
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Re: Small Agaves
Super plants, Liz - thanks for sharing!
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Re: Small Agaves
Absolutely beautiful, Liz, thanks.
But rain, what is that?!
But rain, what is that?!
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Re: Small Agaves
Lovely plants Liz, thanks for posting.
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Re: Small Agaves
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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Re: Small Agaves
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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Re: Small Agaves
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.
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
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.
Thanks everyone for your kind words and yes I am proud of these, thank you.
Obsessive Crassulaceae lover, especially Aeoniums but also grow, Aloes, Agaves, Haworthias and a select number of Cacti.