Agaves do love Hawaii and I hardly ever post photos.
So here are a few growing in the ground for me.
I am attempting a "Mexican Fence". I am planting "Blue Agaves" along my property line.
As they fill in they should make an impenetrable barrier to both man & beast.
For a little variety I mixed in this Agave mapisaga-americana.
I do like how the leaves like to curl and twist.
This one has been in the ground for several years. It started out about the same size as the ones sprouting around it. Once I remove these sprouts it will not make any new growths until it reaches maturity, flowers and dies...then it will make a ton of replacements.
My most prolific one is Agave Lopantha Varigata Quadracolor.
I have to harvest the offshoots every couple of years.
My new favorite is Agave gypsophylla 'Ivory curls'.
This one always gets black edges on the lower leaves. Does this happen to other people?
My noid Mangave is looking good. Thanks to Baja I learned to remove the flowering growth from the clump. For a while the new growths would flower before they became full size and I thought I was going to loose the plant, but now I know how to grow it properly. This site is full of growing knowledge. Thanks for the help.
Of course everyone should have the king of needles Agave paryii v. truncate.
I love that long black spine of the primary point.
This one was more yellow when I bought it so I thought it was a varigated version of Agave filiferia. In the ground it has become much greener and the hairs look wider than filiferia so now I have no idea of what to call it.
Sometimes one gets a plant because it looks nice and have no idea how big it is going to become. This Agave guiengola 'Crème Brulee' is one of those. like A. atenuata it is a soft agave and has fragile leaves.
I like the 'soft' agaves since they are friendly. No sharp teeth on the edges and mostly the points are not going to stab you either. This one does have a sharp point but the rest of it is friendly. I especially like how it imprints the pattern on the leaves.
Agave desmetiana
Most Agaves are rosettes or fountain shapes that grow at ground level.
Then there is Agave atenuata that produces a trunk.
Is there such a group as tree agaves?
