Hedgehog Agave ‘Agave stricta’
The Agave stricta grows to a balanced 6-12 inches in dimension (length and size) without teeth on margins nevertheless it does have sharp spinal column tips. The name stricta is based on the Latin word rigorous significance tight or drawn together. Belonging To Southern Mexico, this hardy delicious usually expands on cliffs and in the high desert. Often perplexed with Agave striata which is a slightly larger sampling with a blue green color in contrast to the Agave stricta which is more yellow green. The two samplings look most like each other in first growth however the Agave stricta has thinner, straighter leaves and is much more warm tolerant. It is a deer as well as heat tolerant plant.The Agave stricta offsets brand-new roots typically and develops eye-catching clumping colonies. If worried, this Agave’s basal leaves in addition to the tips might transform a crimson color that contrasts well on any landscape. The base of the Agave Develops hundreds of limited leaves to more fill in the round form of this gorgeous succulent. a 5-8 feet inflorence may grow in summer and also has dark purple to dark red blossoms which lasts up until late loss. The blossom buds are edible and also they are understood to be prepared in particular recipes around their native setting. it has an extremely sculptural kind, it is terrific in the ground or in a container.
Other Types of Agave
- Agave attenuata ‘Fox Tail’
- Agave parryi truncata ‘Artichoke Agave’
- American Agave ‘Agave Americana’
- Agave filifera ‘Thread Agave’
- Agave victoriae-reginae ‘Queen Victoria Agave’
- Agave tequilana ‘Tequila Agave’
- Agave vilmoriniana ‘Octopus Agave’
- Agave lophantha ‘Quadricolor’
- Agave deserti ‘Desert Agave’ or ‘Desert Century Plant’