FREE: VARIGATED AGAVE /PUP APPROX 2"

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Extremely drought tolerant. Can take occasional irrigation in dry climates
Maintenance: Plan for the plant’s mature size and locate it carefully to allow for easy bi-annual maintenance. Remove pups, dead leaves and spine tips (as desired).
Uses: Dramatic large landscape or specimen plant, xeriscape, excellent in rock gardens, barrier plantings. Striking for large containers.
Propagation: Plant is monocarpic and dies after flowering. However plant produces abundant seed after flowering. 'Pups' can be detached and replanted at any time.
Special notes: Variegated leaves are green/blue/gray with yellow margins. Lower leaves recurve giving the plant a more relaxed appearance. Leaves have spines on their margins and a long spine at the leaf end. Care must be taken to locate this plant away from foot traffic. When a plant blooms, it sends up a single erect flower stalk from the center of the leave rosette; this spike can reach 40 feet tall. The flower stalk resembles a narrow telephone pole with horizontal branches that hold the flowers spreading out at the top. 3-4 inch greenish-yellow flowers bloom sequentially in panicles at the branch ends. The plant is deer and rodent resistant. The plant’s sap can irritate skin – so do not trim with a chainsaw. It grows faster in summer with some additional irrigation.