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Agaves & Yuccas Seeds Agave angustiarum
Agaves & Yuccas SeedsAgave angustiarum
₦ 5,500.00This sampler contains 10 seeds.
A moderately large, robust, Agave from southwestern Mexico, where it grows on cliffs and rocky outcrops between 600 and 1500 m. It forms an open rosette with relatively few, stiff, pale green to glaucous leaves that can reach to 80 cm long. -
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Agaves & Yuccas Seeds Agave applanata (Maguey de Ixtle)
Agaves & Yuccas SeedsAgave applanata (Maguey de Ixtle)
₦ 5,500.00This sampler contains 10 seeds.
A stunning, rather large Agave with broad, stiff, silvery blue leaves that are in striking contrast to the black thorns around its edge. It is a slow grower but hardy to drought and intense heat. It is widely distributed in Mexico and best suited for the dry tropics and some warm temperate climates. -
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Agaves & Yuccas Seeds Agave asperrima subsp. asperrima
Agaves & Yuccas SeedsAgave asperrima subsp. asperrima
₦ 5,500.00This sampler contains 10 seeds.
This medium-sized, bright green, broad-leaved Agave from southern Texas and the Chihuahua desert in Mexico is much better known as Agave scabra, though due to some taxonomic confusion, this name now applies to a plant from the now obsolete genus Manfreda. It is easy to grow and suckers profusely, is tolerant of some cold and drought, though it prefers regular watering. Perfect for most warm temperate climates. -
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Agaves & Yuccas Seeds Agave asperrima subsp. maderensis
Agaves & Yuccas SeedsAgave asperrima subsp. maderensis
₦ 5,500.00This sampler contains 10 seeds.
Native to the Mexican state of Coahuila between 1850 and 2000 m (6100 and 6600 ft.), this subspecies differs from A. asperrima ssp. asperrima in its solitary habit and shorter, relatively smooth, yellowish-green leaves. A very hardy plant that can take drought and severe freezes. -
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Agaves & Yuccas Seeds Agave asperrima subsp. potosiensis (Potosí Agave)
Agaves & Yuccas SeedsAgave asperrima subsp. potosiensis (Potosí Agave)
₦ 5,500.00This sampler contains 10 seeds.
A midsized Agave from Querétaro and San Luis Potosi, Mexico, that is perhaps more widely known as Agave scabra ssp. potosiensis. It has well armed, broad, bluish-green to silvery blue leaves. Although tolerant of moderate freezes, it is best suited for the dry tropics and for warm temperate climates. -
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Agaves & Yuccas Seeds Agave atrovirens var. atrovirens (White Agave)
Agaves & Yuccas SeedsAgave atrovirens var. atrovirens (White Agave)
₦ 5,500.00This sampler contains 10 seeds.
A large Agave that forms a stunning rosette, to 4 m (13 ft.) wide, with huge, bluish-gray green leaves with attractive reddish thorns. It is one of the largest Agave, native to Oaxaca, Mexico, but known only from cultivation, not from the wild. It does best in a warm temperate climate, where it needs ample room and will appreciate plenty of water in summer. Agave atrovirens is fermented into pulque and roasted and distilled to make mezcal. -
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Agaves & Yuccas Seeds Agave attenuata subsp. attenuata (Fox Tail Agave)
Agaves & Yuccas SeedsAgave attenuata subsp. attenuata (Fox Tail Agave)
₦ 5,500.00This sampler contains 10 seeds.
One of the most attractive and popular Agaves, this species from western and central Mexico has very wide, unarmed, fleshy and soft, pale green to blue green leaves with a felty surface, and forms a leaning or creeping trunk with age. A great plant for frost-free subtropics and for indoor cultivation. -
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Agaves & Yuccas Seeds Agave aurea (Golden Agave)
Agaves & Yuccas SeedsAgave aurea (Golden Agave)
₦ 5,000.00This sampler contains 10 seeds.
A large Agave native to the Baja California peninsula in Mexico that forms a rosette of attractively arching, succulent, bluish or yellowish-green leaves in the manner of the famed Agave vilmoriniana. It can reach to 2 m (7 ft.) in diameter. -
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Agaves & Yuccas Seeds Agave aurea var. capensis (Golden Cape Agave)
Agaves & Yuccas SeedsAgave aurea var. capensis (Golden Cape Agave)
₦ 8,000.00This sampler contains 10 seeds.
A moderately large, clustering Agave native to desert scrub on barren, rocky soils on the southernmost Baja California peninsula in northwestern Mexico below 300 m. It forms a rosette to 1.2 m in diameter of ascending, pale bluish or yellowish-green leaves which are fiercely armed along the edges. In cultivation, Agave aurea var. capensis can cope with extreme drought and coastal exposure. -
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Agaves & Yuccas Seeds Agave avellanidens
Agaves & Yuccas SeedsAgave avellanidens
₦ 5,500.00This sampler contains 10 seeds.
A nice, medium-sized Agave from Baja California Norte, Mexico, that forms a compact rosette to 140 cm (5 ft.) in diameter of many wide, lime green, well armed leaves. It is extremely dought tolerant and can take some cold. It is quite similar to and difficult to distinguish from Agave shawii ssp. goldmaniana. -
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Agaves & Yuccas Seeds Agave bovicornuta (Cowhorn Agave)
Agaves & Yuccas SeedsAgave bovicornuta (Cowhorn Agave)
₦ 6,000.00This sampler contains 10 seeds.
A beautiful, large Agave from pine-oak-forest in the highlands of the Mexican States of Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Sonora and Durango, that forms a compact rosette of broad, rich green leaves rimmed with attractive red thorns. Hardy to frost and drought. -
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Agaves & Yuccas Seeds Agave bracteosa (Squid Agave)
Agaves & Yuccas SeedsAgave bracteosa (Squid Agave)
₦ 5,500.00This sampler contains 10 seeds.
An unusual, small, clustering Agave from steep limestone canyons of the Sierra Madre Oriental in the Mexican States of Coahuila and Nuevo Leon between 900 and 1700 m (3000 and 5500 ft.). The small rosettes holds numerous soft, very finely toothed, recurved, mid-green leaves, tapering from the base to a fine point. The inflorescence is a showy, tall, unbranched spike that holds many white flowers. In cultivation, A. bracteosa does well in many temperate climates, where it will even survive severe freezes. It looks best in light shade, especially in hot climates, and needs ample water during the growing season. Otherwise it is a rather carefree Agave and also makes a lovely potted plant.
