Got myself a beautiful, bigger sized specimen of an Agave nigra from Hare Hatch yesterday :) What's your experience with this so far? Will it be hardy enough to be left outside all winter with just a rain shelter, or will it need to go inside a frost ...

I saw this in a local GC this morning for a pound, bargain I thought.... be rude not to, anyway it was labeled up as an Aloe which it obviously isn't, my guess was Agave filafera, am I close

Gary

Chris mentioned our trip to Hare Hatch today and I picked up an unlabelled agave. Does anyone know what it is?
Apologies for the bad picture, just taken in the kitchen under not so favourable lighting conditions .....

good old ebay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Variegated-Agave-Li ... dZViewItem

Bit pricey though..anyone going to have a punt ?

Any tips on how to sow agave seeds? I've got gentryi and ovatifolia. This is what I did: prepared mix of peat 50%, grit+vermiculite+sand 50% put that into a seed tray, sterilised it with boiled water placed seeds on top misted with water ...

Both of these arrived earlier this year and I've just got round to sorting them out
Which is which? Is the one with soft leaves desmettiana?. How hardy are these two--so far they've had -3C for the odd few hours without any noticeable effect.

... and americana striata as google comes up with differant images.this is my understanding so if someone thinks I have it wrong please correct me. Agave striata and agave stricta are very variable and can only be seperated by there flowers for definate possible hardiness has been used but this ...

I stumbled accross these 3 at a local GC today. I'm not sure, but I'm hoping at least one of them must be medio picta?? Please? :) http://www.postimage.org/Pq2upEai.jpg http://www.postimage.org/aV2DsZ4S.jpg http://www.postimage.org/Pq2uqNvr.jpg They were dust dry and tucked away in a corner, after a...

Hi Guys I got this from b n q for £7.49. After doing some research it turns out to be an Agave americana "Medio Picta". So am quite chuffed. All the other ones were the yellow green variagtion and this one stood out. Plus it was the biggest. http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j143/guitarmanmick/agave3.jpg ...