Agave lophantha Splendida Red Flowering Plants And who says mothball-sniffing herbarium

And who says mothball-sniffing herbarium taxonomists don't have a sense of humor

starting in July (NC)

Imagine a supersized Sabal minor

grandiflora and the creamy hybrid Z

bear saucer sized pendant flowers

Agave lophantha Splendida Red Flowering Plants And who says mothball-sniffing herbariumThis splendid form of the vigorous North American native Agave lophantha came to us from plantsman Ted Stephens of Nurseries Caroliniana. Each 11" tall x 18" wide variegated rosette is composed of fat, 7" long x 2" wide, succulent leaves. The dark green, heavily armed leaves are highlighted by a wide central yellow stripe that is even wider on the leaf back. Agave lophantha is a suckering century plant species with offsets held close to the parent