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x Mangave 'Falling Waters' PP30,650 (Falling Waters Mangave) - A very interesting and ornamentally sculptural succulent plant that forms a rosette to 15 inches tall by twice as wide with recurved broad thick and pliable deeply guttered blue-gray leaves that are speckled with small pale lavender spots and have large widely spaced teeth that are well displayed on the upwardly oriented leaf margins.
Plant in full to half day sun in a well-drained soil and give occasional to regular irrigation. Is known to be hardy to 25° F and thought to be hardier, perhaps enough so to be planted in gardens in USDA Zone 7b. Like the many other Mangave cultivars, it likely will be somewhat resistant to deer and rabbit predation. A very dramatic looking plant!
Mangave 'Falling Waters' is a 2018 introduction in the Walters Gardens MAD ABOUT MANGAVEŽ Collection of plants and is a hybrid was created by Hans Hansen at Walters Gardens in Zeeland Michigan that is the result of crossing a selected Manfreda maculosa with Agave ovatifolia, the Whale's Tongue Agave, in June 2012. It received U.S. plant patent PP30,650 in July 2019. Walters Gardens says of this plant "Showcase the arching habit of this premium Mangave in a container for a low-maintenance patio plant".
Though this plant is likely named for the way the foliage arches over and flows downward, appearing similar to water flowing over a rock in a fast moving stream, it could just as well be named for the famous Frank Lloyd Wright home Fallingwaters in southwestern Pennsylvania where water flows around and through portions of the house. The picture on this page courtesy of Walters Gardens.
This information about Mangave 'Falling Waters' PP30,650 displayed is based on research conducted in our horticultural library and from reliable online resources. We also will relate 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 that we receive from others and we welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they can share any cultural information that would aid others in growing it.
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