Agave toumeyana ssp bella Gila Southeast Europe with 4' stalks

with 4' stalks

8' tall specimens with bizarrely branching fronds

each highlighted with a purple and yellow speckled lip

This distinctive clump of wide but sharply tapered leaves is topped in midsummer with medium lavender flowers

Agave toumeyana ssp bella Gila Southeast Europe with 4' stalksThis seed collection of the dwarf Agave toumeyana ssp. bella hails from Gila County (north of Phoenix), Arizona at 4,100' elevation, where it covers the faces of large rocky cliffs, growing alongside Agave chrysantha. Agave toumeyana is named after early 1900s botanist J. W. Toumey, who did quite a bit of field work in Arizona. The cute, small, offsetting 6" tall x 10" wide rosettes are composed of narrow dark green leaves, highlighted with random