Following on
Pam’s Woody lilies love the heat and
Danger Garden’s (what a sexy garden blog name!)
agave post here’s mine. I love agaves for their architectural lines and also because they are perfectly suited to the hot, dry island I live on. They offer so much drama for minimal care.
Most Caribbean islanders don’t appreciate agaves-this works both ways for me. Agaves are hardly ever offered for sale here so finding different varieties is challenging, but whenever you see any agaves (say in someone’s yard) they are usually more than happy for you to take them.
The first pic is of Agave desmettiana ‘Variegata’ with its lovely urn shape-and one of the few offered for sale.
The candy coloured teeth of bovicornuta and the red margins of blue glow, both of which I got at the fabulous
Flora Grubb Gardens
The "girly" attenuata. Lovely and no sharp spikes or teeth at all.
Lophanta by contrast I think is my most dangerous agave. This is another one people admire when they see it in my garden.
"The artichoke" Agave victoriae-reginae
I think this one is Agave neglecta. Used to be very common in the coral islands but now these are scarce in gardens. They seem to still be popular in Barbados and Antigua.
Filifera I guess
I pulled this up as a small pup from a friend's yard-it may be a hybrid, I can't identify it and haven't seen any others like it.
Textural: my agave sisalina bloomstalk (next to organ pipe cactus)
