Favorite agave?

[RainForestt Robert 83]

There aren't many agaves available in Trinidad. A while back I bought seed of three species from rarepalmseeds.com. A. applanata is my favorite. This plant is a bit less than 3 years from seed and is now suckering. It is in a 3 gal container and gets mainly morning sun. It will be transplanted soon into a clay pot that is a lot wider than it is deep.

If others are growing agaves, please share pics and culture information.

Robert

[mpanak 1]

I have 3 varieties growing. no idea what the names are but here is one getting ready to bloom. It took 5 years before it started blooming and took like 2 months to get this high.

[freakypalmguy 478]

That a nice one Robert.

Here is one of my favorites. I'm guessing on the ID as it was not labeled when I bought it.

Agave parryi

And another one of my favs,

Agave weberi

[cycadjungle 90]

I have probably 30 different agaves, but I don't know what would be my favorite. I like the hairy ones like multifilifera and schidigera, but I also like my variegated ones like the lophantha quadracolor and of course the "Joe Hoak" is a really nice plant. I'll have to look around and take a picture. Maybe combine the two because I do have a few variegated schidigera plants. This is not a picture of my plants, but here is one in a catalog where I got mine from:

http://www.plantdelights.com/Catalog/Curre...tail/07921.html

[FRITO 35]

im a big agave fan

my favorite that I grow currently is Agave celsii.. I am also a fan of variegation and would love to find a variegated version.

here is one in my front yard.

if anyone wants to trade 'pups' I have a few diffrent varieites.

[FRITO 35]

here is my Agave angustifolia 'Marginata' last year, the cold damaged many of the leaves this past winter, but its already making a awesome recovery.

Edited June 9, 2009 by FRITO

[freakypalmguy 478]

What the heck, a couple more

Agave americana variegata

A. blue glow

Agave victorae reginae

a small variegated Agave, not sure of the exact name

[freakypalmguy 478]

Uno mas,

Agave, geminiflora

Okay, dos mas

A. sisilana

[tank 336]

a small variegated Agave, not sure of the exact name

Agave americana "medio picta"

This ones really nice because of the "ivory white" stripe. Kinda slow compared to the other americanas, at least for me.

[SubTropicRay 139]

A. macroacantha, A. tequilana and A. weberi are my favorite large species. For smaller Agave, I like A. potatorum and A. guiengola.

[freakypalmguy 478]

Agave americana "medio picta"

This ones really nice because of the "ivory white" stripe. Kinda slow compared to the other americanas, at least for me.

Thank you Tank.

[aztropic 2,740]

There are several agave varieties that grow wild here in Arizona.I was out hiking yesterday and caught this individual getting ready to flower.

aztropic

Mesa,Arizona

[Kris 1,390]

Gentlemen,Lovely visuals !

Here are few visuals from my collection,i did have many but they rot one by one here in my climate..

Love,

Kris

[aztropic 2,740]

A couple shots of smaller agaves around my yard.

aztropic

Mesa,Arizona

[aztropic 2,740]

Another showing octopus and sharkskin.

aztropic

Mesa,Arizona

[aztropic 2,740]

Last showing twin flowered agave.

aztropic

Mesa,Arizona

Edited June 9, 2009 by aztropic

[cycadjungle 90]

Yes, the original not sure species was A. parryi and the lower one is americana medio picta alba. And for the variegated celsii:

http://www.plantdelights.com/Catalog/Curre...tail/07922.html

I have about 6 of these now. As the mail order plants go, these were the largest coming right from the nursery. Well worth getting, especially for the price. I'm not seeing any pink yet though.

[tank 336]

There are several agave varieties that grow wild here in Arizona.I was out hiking yesterday and caught this individual getting ready to flower.

aztropic

Mesa,Arizona

What a great agave. Looks like one of the parryi's or possibly neomexicana? Is there a "poaching" problem in your area? Seems like that would be an expensive plant and agaves are pretty easy to remove.

[tank 336]

actually, it doesn't really look like neomexicana

[Bags 185]

A. macroacantha, A. tequilana and A. weberi are my favorite large species. For smaller Agave, I like A. potatorum and A. guiengola.

Unfortunately I have caught the "drought tollerant bug" to go with all of my other ailments. I even dug up a few palms to create a xeric section of my yard. My favorite is A. Guiengola, but I would not call it small. Rancho Soledad has some that are close to six feet across and look like something out of the Jurassic age. Here is my little guy. Aaron

[Geoff 268]

some of my favorite Agaves (I love variegated plants, in case you notice there are few here)

Agave attenuata Nova, Agave celsii 'multicolor', Agave celsii Nova, Agave chazaroi, Agave desmettiana 'mediopicta'. Agave guadalajarana Agave guingolas and Agave gypsophila marginata

[Geoff 268]

oops... forgot these:

Agave attenuata variegata, Agave pumila, Agave toumeyana 'bella', Agave victoriae-reginae 'Golden Princess', Agave victoriae-reginae x macroacantha 'Green Steel', Agave weberi variegated and Agave utahensis nevadaensis

[Al in Kona 581]

Here are two of my favorite Agaves in our garden.

First pic is Agave geminiflora

Second pic is Agave guiengola

[Morabeza 36]

Wow, you all have put up some amazing agave pictures. For me it would be impossible to pick a favourite.

A rather rare agave species, Agave nizandensis, is very lovely and stays rather small. It can be seen here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/morabeza79/225128827/

[aztropic 2,740]

There are several agave varieties that grow wild here in Arizona.I was out hiking yesterday and caught this individual getting ready to flower.

aztropic

Mesa,Arizona

What a great agave. Looks like one of the parryi's or possibly neomexicana? Is there a "poaching" problem in your area? Seems like that would be an expensive plant and agaves are pretty easy to remove.

Yes, it is Agve parryi var.huachucensis.I don't think there is any kind of poaching problem with Arizona agaves. There really doesn't seem to be much of a market for them here surprisingly.Not too many people plant agaves in their yard due to the pokey factor and besides,this particular variety seems to grow like weeds everywhere between 4000 - 8000 feet all over the state.

aztropic

Mesa,Arizona

[Geoff 268]

I have tried to grow that species (Agave nizandensis) several times, and it struggles.. nice color though while it's struggling... I only have photos of plants that aren't struggling too much (none of these are my plants, however)

[Matthew92 1,020]

On 6/8/2009, 11:04:19, FRITO said:

here is my Agave angustifolia 'Marginata' last year, the cold damaged many of the leaves this past winter, but its already making a awesome recovery.

Beautiful vigorous plant. It thrived for a few years in ground for me but was too marginal for my zone. It will sprout pups all over the place, even as far as 2 or 3 feet away from the main plant!
Seems to withstand mid 20's with little or no damage. 2014 severely damaged mine though such that I wanted to replace it with something more hardy. After hacking and cutting away at the leaves, all that was left was the main stem/root. It was UNBELIEVABLY hard to pull out of the ground. I literally tied a rope to it and pulled, after which it FINALLY came out. Still after this, suckers continued to sprout out of the ground for the next 3 years (!!!) in the area where it had been. 

It really was a beautiful plant and looked great in the yard. And besides the task of pulling out unwanted pups, I appreciated how easy it was to grow.

Edited March 10, 2016 by Opal92

[Matthew92 1,020]

Picture of my aforementioned plant right after the polar vortex. I now have a clump of Adam's needle yucca there.

Edited March 10, 2016 by Opal92

[NorthFlpalmguy 43]

My favorite is the blue glow, or as they call it around north central Florida the 'gator' glow.

[tunku2 6]

Awesome Images, thanks for sharing!

I did buy the Agave Attentua but I gave it away after hearing it took ten years to flower..........

Anyway I saw some later  in flower in Golf Del Sur, Tenerife...massive flowers.

Here is one:

 

[Silas_Sancona 6,233]

Thus far, these three..

A smooth margin form of A. titanota, Baby A. parryi truncata.. maybe an offset off the "Huntington clone" and one i have had a couple years.. Think it is A weberi but, encountering some the other day in a local landscape, the leaves look thinner on mine. Regardless, a great Agave.

Needless to say, now that i am here in AZ, fully anticipate the Agave collection to grow a lot over the next year.. Hope i have the room, lol