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Agave havardiana |
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| | First-year plant |
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| | Second-year plant |
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| Common name |
hardy century plant; Big Bend century plant |
| Family |
agavaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial (Z6b-10) |
| Flowers |
yellow-green (summer) |
| Size |
24-36" |
| Light |
sun |
| Cultural notes |
needs excellent drainage; drought-resistant |
Forms a neat mound of spikey blue-gray leaves. Flowers occur only after decades of growth, so I'll forget about those. Should be just about hardy around here (Pennsylvania), as long as I can keep winter wet from killing it. I've tried growing hardy agaves before, but never got them through more than one season. In Pennsylvania I tried them in hypertufa troughs, which I could bring into the garage over winter – but I don't have a record of their survival. Now that I'm in Texas, where I've grown a good number of Agave species from seed, I'm trying again. The seedling in the picture at left (photo taken in August) lives next door to an even smaller saguaro cactus.
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This plant used to grow in our garden, but it slipped away... About my plant portraits
PlantLinks to other web pages about Agave havardiana
- Seed from HPS/MAG '12/'13 exchange. Baggy 70F with light (45%G, 6-11d)
- Same seed as above, cold-stored. Baggy 70F with light (26%G, 7-11d)
- Seed from NARGS '21/'22 exchange. Baggy 70F with light (67%G, 7-10d)
- Same seed as above. Baggy 70F with light (67%G, 6d)
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