Agave

Agave - Tropical-looking succulent plants of the Amaryllis order; of slight value for England. The common kind, A. americana, and its variegated varieties, are useful for placing out of doors in summer in vases plunged in the ground. When the plant flowers, which it does only once, and after several years growth, it sends up a flowering stem from 26 to nearly 40 feet high. The flowers are a yellowish-green, and are numerous on the ends of the branches. It may be placed out of doors at the end of May, and should be brought in in October. Easily increased from suckers. A. Deserti, utahensis, coerulescens, and Shawi have lately come into cultivation, and are supposed to be hardy on the rock garden. N. America. A. applanata var. Parryi is said also to be hardy.

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