Agave 'Blue Flame'

Agave 'Blue Flame'Full sun part shade; little to moderate water. A beautiful agave that forms clumps with rosettes which individually are 2. 5ft tall by 3ft wide. Mature plants send up a 10 15ft vertical flower stalk. The flexible blue green leaves have finely serrate margins and a terminal spine. The blue cast to the leaves form from a glaucous waxy cuticle that covers the surface of the younger leaves. This feature can be enhanced by promoting new growth ad vigor by

Rave reviews in trial tastings

which are sweetly but delicately fragrant and held in clusters of 3 to 7 flowers that face up

Toxicity: Considered mildly toxic

bright lavender-blue flowers

moderate water

An evergreen clumping strap leafed perennial from Australia

mid-July to mid-August in Central CA

Use as a bright accent or in mass planting Drought tolerant

office or dorm

Evergreen clumping perennial from Australia

Long-time favorite white-fleshed freestone

The blue cast to the leaves form from a glaucous waxy cuticle that covers the surface of the younger leaves