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Products > Mangave 'Purple People Eater' PP29,949
 
Mangave 'Purple People Eater' PP29,949 - Purple People Eater Mangave

Note: This plant is not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.  
Image of Mangave 'Purple People Eater' PP29,949
 
Habit and Cultural Information
Category: Succulent
Family: Agavaceae (now Asparagaceae)
Origin: Mexico (North America)
Evergreen: Yes
Bloomtime: Infrequent
Parentage: (Mangave 'Bloodspot' x A. pablocarrilloi)
Height: 1 foot
Width: 2-3 feet
Exposure: Full Sun
Summer Dry: Yes
Deer Tolerant: Yes
Irrigation (H2O Info): Low Water Needs
Winter Hardiness: 20-25° F
Mangave 'Purple People Eater' PP29,949 - A stunning plant to 14 inches tall by 24 inches wide with thick blue-green recurved leaves so covered densely with purple spots so that the leaves appear bathed in a blush of purple. The leaves are deeply caniculate (having longitudinal channels.) with the upright margins displaying yellow-orange to reddish brown teeth and a darker terminal spine.

Plant in full to half day sun in a well-drained soil and give occasional to regular irrigation. Should prove hardy to at least 25° F and useful in gardens in USDA Zone 9 and above.

Mangave 'Purple People Eater' is a 2017 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 x Mangave 'Bloodspot with Agave pablocarrilloi (AKA Agave gypsophila, Hort.). It received its U.S. plant patent in December 2018. The name comes from the famous 1958 novelty song by actor singer Shelby Fredrick "Sheb" Wooley titled "Purple People Eater" with such lines as "It was a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater, one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater, Sure looks strange to me!".

We first received this attractive cultivar in 2020 and sold it for a couple years. The picture on this page courtesy of Walters Gardens

This information about Mangave 'Purple People Eater' PP29,949 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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