Agave toumeyana ssp bella Gila Southeast Europe each highlighted with a purple

each highlighted with a purple and yellow speckled lip

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8' tall specimens with bizarrely branching fronds

Imagine taking an old favorite like Mildred Seaver's Hosta 'Sea Thunder' and making the leaves twice as thick to prevent sun scald

Agave toumeyana ssp bella Gila Southeast Europe each highlighted with a purpleThis 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