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Agave 'Yavapai County'

Note: This plant is not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.  

 
Habit and Cultural Information
Category: Succulent
Family: Agavaceae (now Asparagaceae)
Origin: Southwest (U.S.) (North America)
Evergreen: Yes
Parentage: [Agave parryii var. couesii x A. chrysantha]
Height: 2-3 feet
Width: 2-3 feet
Exposure: Full Sun
Summer Dry: Yes
Irrigation (H2O Info): No Irrigation required
Winter Hardiness: < 0 °F
Agave "Yavapai County" - A rosette-forming succulent that should grow to about 2 feet tall by 3 feet wide with gray-green leaves.

Plant in full sun and give little to no supplemental irrigation. Likely vwery hardy.

We really don't know much more about this plant that we grew from seed collected at around 4,500 feet in Yavapai County, Arizonia by Forrest (Erik) Anderson. This area has both Parry's Agave, Agave parryi var. couesii and the Golden Flowered Agave, Agave chrysantha, which is a close relative of Agave palmeri. The seed collected was off a plant thought to be a hybrid between these two and many plants with this parentage have been identified in this area. Both of these plants are among the hardiest of the Agave so this hybrid will likely prove as hardy. We only grew one small crop of this plant in 2013. 

The information about Agave 'Yavapai County' that is displayed on this web page is based on research conducted in our nursery's horticultural library and from reliable online resources. We will also include observations made about this plant as it grows in our nursery gardens and other gardens that we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We also incorporate comments that we receive from others and welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they share cultural information that aids others growing this plant.

 
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