Agave toumeyana v. bella

[Gee.S]

Agave toumeyana v. bella (Breitung) Gentry (1982)
Parviflorae

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[Gee.S]

Habitat shots....

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Nice example of a ssp. bella fairy ring.

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[Jankol]

From the Hollygate Cactus Garden in southern England. Sadly this garden is no more.

[Gee.S]

[Azuleja]

Just youngsters

[Gee.S]

I'll direct the same question -- are there nubs (vestigial marginal spines) along the leaf bases or are they smooth all the way down (careful now!)?

[Azuleja]

Yes there are. I think I can even see them in the photos. The two plants in the back are parent and offset.

[Gee.S]

Ding ding ding ding ding -- then we have a winner!

[Brooksphilly]

Tiny but mighty

[Viegener]

Wow, these look super silver. To me this variety & straight A. toumeyana are some of the most beautiful agaves. This one really hates the winter wet here; I've lost 2 out of my original 3 & don't plan on trying it again.

The other Parviflorae agaves I have, felgeri & schottii, seem to not mind cold wet. And all the Filiferae I have (colimana, filifera, geminiflora, ×leopoldii, ornithobroma, schidigera) are perfectly happy.

Azuleja, do you take yours inside over the winter?

[Azuleja]

They wintered indoors last winter but my mix is so fast and they're in terra cotta now, planted on a mound. I plan to leave them out this winter though I would pull them in during a deluge to keep the soil from washing out.

[Brooksphilly]

Update to the plant above. 2 years later, now with child. More beautiful each year and truly stays compact.

[Azuleja]

I wintered mine outdoors this past winter and it was a wet one (24ish inches total). I did bring them in a couple of times, when I remembered, during the biggest downpours. The little hill they were planted on has now washed flat and they've added a new family member.