Agave colorata Misashibo Cut Flower Plants vigorous hostas

vigorous hostas

Discovered by native plant guru Bob McCartney on one of his many jaunts through Florida

In early April in NC

each highlighted by a darker orange throat and adorned with cinnamon flecks

Agave colorata Misashibo Cut Flower Plants vigorous hostasAgave colorata hails from Northwestern Sonora, Mexico, where it is quite rare among the rocky coastal foothills possibly due to overharvesting by the precolonial Indian tribes who used it as a sweetener. Agave colorata is highly valued ornamentally, due to its amazing horizontal leaf banding and its scarcity due to its typical solitary growth habit (rare to offset). Agave 'Misashibo' is an even rarer Japanese selection with leaves that emerge blue,