Agave asperrima Echinacea From Zone 7a and north

From Zone 7a and north

The small spines are composed of a highly-advanced hard rubber product

Despite being nursery seed propagated from long cultivated plants at JLBG

topped in late May and early June with wide bell-shaped lightly fragrant pure white flowers

Agave asperrima Echinacea From Zone 7a and north(aka: Agave scabra) Agave asperrima hails from Southwestern Texas into Northern Mexico, where it grows from 1,500' 6,000' elevation. The highland forms are winter hardy for us, while the lowland collections are not. When one of the winter hardy forms flowered at the JC Raulston Arboretum in Raleigh, we were able to grow out seedlings to offer. The 3' long, thick, silver blue leaves are sandpapery on both the front and back, leading us to believe this