General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Cactus/Succulent
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Dry Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 9b -3.9 °C (25 °F) to -1.1 °C (30 °F)
Plant Height: 12 inches
Plant Spread: 15 inches
Leaves: Glaucous
Unusual foliage color
Evergreen
Other: heavily spotted with cranberry red splotches, edged in tiny red teeth
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Flower Time: Summer
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Wildlife Attractant: Hummingbirds
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Drought tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Offsets
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Child plants: 4 child plants

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Common names
  • Mangave
  • Century Plant

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Location: Baja California
Date: 2022-07-08
Location: Baja California
Date: 2023-01-14
10 inch pot
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Date: 2019-04-07
Location: Baja California
Date: 2024-02-24
Branching after flowering
Location: Baja California
Date: 2021-11-23
Location: Baja California
Date: 2023-04-23
Launch confirmed (flower stalk on the way)
Location: Baja California
Date: 2016-01-17
Location: US National Arboretum, Washington DC
Date: 2015-07-12
Mangave (Agave 'Bloodspot')
Location: Baja California
Date: 2017-05-11
Axillary branching after flowering
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2011-09-22
Location: US National Arboretum, Washington DC
Date: 2015-08-15
Mangave (Agave 'Bloodspot')
Location: US National Arboretum, Washington DC
Date: 2015-08-15
Mangave (Agave 'Bloodspot')
Location: Baja California
Date: 2021-09-14
Location: Baja California
Date: 2023-04-28
Uploaded by mcvansoest
Location: Baja California
Date: 2023-07-31
Before and after anthesis
Location: Baja California
Date: 2023-06-09
Inflorescence shooting upward
Location: Baja California
Date: 2023-11-27
Location: US National Arboretum, Washington DC
Date: 2015-07-12
Mangave (Agave 'Bloodspot')
Location: Emerson, AR
Date: 2020-04-17
Location: Baja California
Date: 2016-11-19
Location: Baja California
Date: 2016-10-07
Location: Baja California
Date: 2023-11-24
After flowering, still some life force
Location: Baja California
Date: 2024-11-06
10 inch pot, after flowering
Location: Baja California
Date: 2023-07-20
Comments:
  • Posted by Baja_Costero (Baja California - Zone 11b) on Jan 4, 2016 8:18 PM concerning plant:
    Attractive small glaucous hybrid between A. macroacantha and a purple-spotted Manfreda (thus the name Mangave). Retains the shape of the former and the spots of the latter. Grayish-bluish purple in full sun. Does not get as large as macroacantha or offset nearly as often. Will comfortably flower in a 10 inch pot.

    Best color and form in strong light. A wave of axillary branching may follow the appearance of an inflorescence, and these new rosettes can be used to start new plants.

    The former genus Manfreda has been lumped with Agave since this hybrid was created, thus the correct botanical name for it is now Agave.
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