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This is my favorite of all the desert plants. The leaves are truly blue and have patterns on them as you can see if you enlarge. If you touch them they almost feel silky. Just watch out for the thorny edges.
agave plants in Carbonifera, Italy
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L'agave à cou de cygne (Agave attenuata) est une espèce de la famille des Agavaceae.
Elle forme des touffes de rosettes de feuilles de couleur vert-gris, sans épines terminales.
L'inflorescence de l'agave à cou de cygne est particulièrement décorative. Courbe, évoquant un cou de cygne, c'est à elle que cette espèce doit son nom vernaculaire.
CENTURY PLANT
Family
Aspaeagaceae
Native
Mexico
Description
Agave americana is an evergreen, succulent plant forming a large, rosette of sharply-pointed leaves a metre or more long and a flowering stem that can be 7 metres or more tall. The stems of this plant are very short and woody. The leaves are normally bluish-grey (glaucous) to greyish-green in colour. The leaf margins coarsely toothed, with prickly teeth (up to 1 cm long) borne at intervals of 2-6 cm. The leaves have a pointed tip topped with a large dark-brown coloured spine (1.5-6 cm long).
Near the end of its life, the plant sends up a tall, branched stalk, laden with yellow blossoms, that may reach a total height up to 25 -30 ft tall. The plant dies after flowering, but produces suckers or adventitious shoots from the base, which continue its growth.
Environment
Agaves need full sun and gritty soil that percolates easily. They can even do quite well when potted but use an unglazed clay pot that will allow evaporation of excess moisture.
Water needs are moderate to light depending upon the heat of the season but the Cactus should be allowed to dry out before irrigation
In growing season they benefit from the application of a granulated time release fertilizer that will provide nutrient to the plant.
Landscape Uses
It is also a popular landscape plant in beach gardens
An agave plant's upper half of sharp serrated leaves and stabbing thorns in monochrome.
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This is the first of four images that I am posting here. The black and white photos below were posted before many of you were contacts, and I think you might enjoy seeing them. :o) They are all garden themes....ie. the BEAUTY OF NATURE'S PATTERNS AND LIGHT. This is a magical world and we could live in this indescribably beautiful paradise forever...if we cherish and protect it. Here are some websites that are full of positive ideas regarding sustainable ecology and renewable energy. www.apolloalliance.org ..... www.greenbiz.com ..... www.renewableenergyaccess.com ......
Common Name: Gypsum Century Plant
Agave gypsophila is a sought-after succulent, difficult to find and rare in production. ‘Ivory Curls’ is a variegated form of A. gypsophila with the same wavy, spined leaves as the species—a unique and interesting look for Agave. Blue-gray leaves have ½” wide, ivory margins. You’ll notice a faint green coloration where the margins and the centers overlap. Best color will occur when in full sun, the overall look will be greener in part shade. From Stan Walkley of Queensland, Australia.
The common name "Century Plant" is alluding to the belief that it takes 100 years to bloom. In reality, Agaves bloom after 15-20 years, and the main crown dies after blooming.
A succulent agave plant. Photograph edited to give a stained glass effect. These are some of my favourite colours
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Classification de Cronquist (1981)
Règne Plantae
Sous-règne Tracheobionta
Division Magnoliophyta
Classe Liliopsida
Sous-classe Liliidae
Ordre Liliales
Famille Agavaceae
Genre:Agave
L., 1753
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Classification APG III (2009)
Ordre Asparagales
Famille Asparagaceae
Al género Agave (del griego αγαυή, ‘noble’ o ‘admirable’. (En la mitología griega, Ágave era una ménade hija de Cadmo, rey de Tebas que, al frente de una muchedumbre de bacantes, asesinó a su hijo Penteo, sucesor de Cadmo en el trono. La palabra agave alude, pues, a algo admirable o noble.) pertenecientes a una extensa familia botánica del mismo nombre: Agavaceae, conocidas con varios nombres comunes: agave, pita, maguey, cabuya, fique, mezcal.
Los agaves requieren un clima semi-seco con temperatura promedio de 22 °C, generalmente a una altitud entre 1500 y 2000 msnm. Las condiciones del suelo: arcilloso, permeable y abundante en elementos derivados del basalto y con presencia de hierro, preferentemente volcánico. Es muy importante la exposición al sol, y no debe haber más de 100 días nublados al año y preferentemente solo 65.
Jardines de México, San Ángel, Ciudad de México. Uno de los agaves (magueyes) mas cotizados por coleccionistas, es una especie protegida por el gobierno mexicano. Solamente se permiten ejemplares de cultivo como el mostrado. Las rosetas apretadas y redondeadas con pencas que muestran líneas blancas y la ausencia de espinas (dientes) en los bordes, son característicos. Se consideran tres especies y dos subespecies y son originarios de los estados de Coahuila, Nuevo León y Durango en el desierto chihuahuense del norte de México. González Elizondo MS y cols. EL COMPLEJO AGAVE VICTORIAE-REGINAE (AGAVACEAE) Acta Botanica Mexicana 95: 65-94 (2011).
Jardines de Mexico, San Angel, Mexico City. One of the most sought after by collectors, it is a protected species by the Mexican government. Only cultivated specimens like the one shown are allowed. The tight, rounded rosettes with white lines and the absence of teeth on the edges are characteristic. Three species and two subspecies are considered and are native to the states of Coahuila, Nuevo Leon and Durango in the Chihuahuan Desert and mountainous areas of northern Mexico.