agave in my garden

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Fri Nov 16, 2012 10:00 am

Nice A. montana Andy! Don't fall into that baby!!

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Fri Nov 16, 2012 10:48 am

andym wrote:
TimMAz6 wrote:Those are some beauties! That one hybrid between utahensis and neomexicana is real cool.
This does look a beauty... I haven't seen it my side of the pond. Is it easy to obtain over there?

It is the only one I know of. I got it from a grower that was only growing A. neomexicana and A. utahensis. I was sold to me as A. neomexicana. It was much bigger than the A. utahensis that was there and looked like A neomexicana at the time. I had reason to belive it was a hibrid so I bought it and it has been the most hardy Agave I have ever owned.

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Fri Nov 16, 2012 5:14 pm

so what do we call it..............A. utahicana or A. neoensis?

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Fri Nov 16, 2012 9:19 pm

TimMAz6 wrote:so what do we call it..............A. utahicana or A. neoensis?

Good Q?

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Thu Jul 25, 2013 11:45 am

A. parryi

A. neomex cross

andym · Post by **andym** » Thu Jul 25, 2013 2:13 pm

Aaron ... that hybrid is really beginning to take off

I wonder whether it will produce offshoots (pups)?
New agaves I've planted in the ground are Agave Amricana X Scabra hybrid, Agave Salmiana, and Agave Deserti
Agave Americana x Scabra

Agave Salmiana (small)

Agave Deserti
Obtained from Bob Brown's Cotwold Garden flowers from seed he collected in California

The Agave survived -18C and was damaged but not dead. Died at-20C. We do get cold temperatures over here also

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Thu Jul 25, 2013 8:38 pm

Those are some nice agave. I like the green salmiana, sometimes it's nice not to have the blue green like most desert plants.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sun Oct 20, 2013 10:41 am

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lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sun Oct 20, 2013 11:33 am

Aaron,
Beautiful!

Scale isn't obvious (thinking about the nana photos

), so how wide is it?

Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sun Oct 20, 2013 1:35 pm

lucky1 wrote:Aaron,
Beautiful!

Scale isn't obvious (thinking about the nana photos ), so how wide is it?

Barb

Sure, the top one is 17 inches across and the bottom is 19" across.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sun Oct 20, 2013 1:45 pm

So these two latest pictured would be 2 feet across?

Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sun Oct 20, 2013 1:56 pm

lucky1 wrote:So these two latest pictured would be 2 feet across?

Barb

No, the measurements are from today. So the bluer one is 17" and the greener one is 19 inches. I hope this helps.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sun Oct 20, 2013 4:19 pm

Got it thanks.
They've certainly grown well in just a few short years.

Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sun Oct 20, 2013 6:58 pm

lucky1 wrote:Got it thanks.
They've certainly grown well in just a few short years.

Barb

Ya, they have really taken off in the last couple of years. Seem like they are never going to grow and then one year all that stored energy goes to work.

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Sat Nov 02, 2013 7:59 pm

Those are some beautiful Agaves! That hybrid may have so lophantha in it with the strip?

chadec · Post by **chadec** » Mon Dec 23, 2013 7:21 am

Sorry so late to the party. Love all the agaves, they are looking awesome. I am really impressed with the Utahensis, thats one agave that always dies on me. This past summer I lost 2 from just the humidity from 60" of rain. I have since re-acquired all 4 ssp. If these die that will be it for me on that sp. If that hybrid ever makes pups I make you a serious trade.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Tue Dec 24, 2013 3:37 pm

chadec wrote:Sorry so late to the party. Love all the agaves, they are looking awesome. I am really impressed with the Utahensis, thats one agave that always dies on me. This past summer I lost 2 from just the humidity from 60" of rain. I have since re-acquired all 4 ssp. If these die that will be it for me on that sp. If that hybrid ever makes pups I make you a serious trade.

How are they planted, on a mound I hope?

chadec · Post by **chadec** » Tue Dec 24, 2013 8:46 pm

At first they where in a raised bed. Then my next trail I tried planting in 4" of pure pea gravel. Which is a method I got from XW forums. This yr they all stayed potted, but the shear humity killed them. I have several struggling agaves like Colorata, neomexicana sunspot, shawii, gentry, deserti simplex, flexsipina and applanata that are suffering too. I have since amended my soil to builders sand, bark chips and gravel for testing on several pups. Seems that Al's gritty mix sucks and is to hard to find all the components.

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