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Re: June 2013 - Genus of the Month - Agave

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A few more:

Agave bracteosa
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Agave striata
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Agave ovatifolia
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The latter not in such good nick as the ones you pictured, Colin - it didn't enjoy our long wet winter followed by a long cool spring!
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Where's "AgaveGeoff" ??? :lol:
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This Agave victoriae reginae is variegated since she was born 15 years ago :20cm in diameter now
really unusual variegation without order
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Diane wrote:I was waiting for you to start this off, Tina! Love that 'Blue glow' mediopicta - very nice!

Agave parryi 'Cream spike'
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Diane, it turns out that the correct name for this cv. is Agave applanata 'Cream Spike'. I showed a pic of this at the CSSA Austin convention and was corrected on its name. Turns out that this is a long mis-I'd plant.
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Paul in Essex wrote:That is Agave x nigra, Colin - the naturally occurring hybrid between A. scabra and A. nickelsiae. And a particularly nice version of it. The Americans give it a sassy name of 'Sharkskin' but I prefer plain old x nigra.
Thanks for the ID Paul. And this plant was just growing in the verge along the street from our B & B. :grin:
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Hi Colin
I have to raise a query re this statement
Diane, it turns out that the correct name for this cv. is Agave applanata 'Cream Spike'. I showed a pic of this at the CSSA Austin convention and was corrected on its name. Turns out that this is a long mis-I'd plant.
I have had some plants via Derek Bowdery that came labelled as A parryi patoni ( probably about 12 yrs ago) I know there was some controversy about the name but I 'grow what I like' not a label
BUT how can it be Agave applanata 'Cream Spike' wasn't cream spike a tissue culture plant that was originally from Plant delights, my plants existed before the plant delights agaves were tissue cultured or am I suffering from 'old timers again ' :eek:, I have heard of the being called applanata but was never too sure about the naming.
Here's another nice un for the thread agave chazaroi, this one is a favourite for bugs which seem to cause horrible marks on it.
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Hi PAul
Nice, so all these agaves are bedded out but do they have any protection during the winter, I'm surprised about Bracteosa out in the wilds of your garden - mine are pampered under glass.
Does it help having them on a slope so they never sit in water.
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Hi Richaud

You have some interesting variegates I really like the Agave titanota variegate, that has really random variegation, does it ever offset :wink: :wink:
The odd splashes of colour on the Victoria reginae is very unusual , does it go green in the winter ?.
I'm jealous that you grew it from seed I had some albino agave utahensis seedlings once but they all died, it was a shame there were no true variegates that survived.
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Hi, all.
Guess you have all been wondering .
Well this might be a clue.
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About to flower at home along with many others.
About to flower at home along with many others.
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Tina wrote:Hi PAul
Nice, so all these agaves are bedded out but do they have any protection during the winter, I'm surprised about Bracteosa out in the wilds of your garden - mine are pampered under glass.
Does it help having them on a slope so they never sit in water.
Tina - some do get a cover, some don't. The Agave bracteosa, filifera and striata are fine growing without any kind of protection - they have proved over the years to be the hardiest of all the agaves I've grown. Superb drainage, of course - Agave bracteosa grows on vertical cliff faces so I've tried to make it feel at home - but nothing overhead. The 'fleshier' agaves seem to benefit from a rain cover or, more specifically, a snow cover. I found to my cost that larger agaves + snow in the centre = pile of mush come spring. We get the wrong kind of snow here, wet and slushy, not nice dry powdery stuff that would insulate the plants better. So all those others get some form of cloche or, if too big, simply a blanket over them if snow is forecast.

Here are Agave x nigra and th vic-reg with their covers on - transparent umbrellas from eBay!
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