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| Category: Succulent |
| Family: Agavaceae (now Asparagaceae) |
| Origin: Mexico (North America) |
| Evergreen: Yes |
| Flower Color: Pale Yellow |
| Bloomtime: Infrequent |
| Height: 1-2 feet |
| Width: 1-2 feet |
| Exposure: Full Sun |
| Summer Dry: Yes |
| Deer Tolerant: Yes |
| Irrigation (H2O Info): Low Water Needs |
| Winter Hardiness: 0-10° F |
| May be Poisonous (More Info): Yes |
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Agave parryi (Parry Agave) - A compact freely-suckering rosette-forming succulent with broad short gray leaves with prominent brown terminal spines. Individual plants are 18 inches to 2 feet tall by 2 to 3 feet wide with the sucker growth producing dense clumps. When mature a flower spike rises 10 to 20 feet bearing lemon yellow flowers tinged with pink. Flowering usually occurs in summer. Plant in full sun. Requires very little to no irrigation in coastal gardens. Hardy to around 10° F. This agave from south-eastern Arizona south to Chihuahua is attractive massed in the succulent garden as a large scale groundcover or in large pots. There is considerable confusion with Agave parryii and Agave parryii var. huachucensis - this plant has a tight rosette of broad short leaves - like the blunter leaf tipped Agave parryii var. truncata it looks a bit like an artichoke. There is considerable overlap in the varieties and much of the distinction made between the varieties is the geographic separation of their natural habitat. The plants we list under this name were originally purchased as Agave parryi in 2004 from Rancho Soledad Nursery. The specific epithet honors the British born American botanist Charles Parry who was the botanist and surgeon to the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey (1848–1855) and made extensive plant collections along the U.S. and Mexico border areas. He was the first to discover the Torrey pine and Engelmann spruce, which he named to honor of his mentors John Torrey and George Engelmann and was the first to climb Grays Peak, which he named for another mentor, famed American botanist Asa Gray.
The information about Agave parryi displayed on this web page is based on our research conducted in the nursery's horticultural library and from reliable online resources. We also include observations made about it as it grows in our nursery gardens and other gardens we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We will also incorporate comments we receive from others and welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they can share cultural information that would aid others in growing this plant. |
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