Mangave Sponge Paint PP 32070 Red Foliage Plants The 4' tall purple stalks

The 4' tall purple stalks are clothed with 18" long

This 2018 Plant Delights Nursery introduction started life as a seedling selection we made from an original seed collection from its native haunts in Madagascar

Antirrhinum hispanicum prefers a baking hot

(aka: Sauromatum guttatum

The clump forming ones are not necessarily small plants but they stay put and die away to the same crown each winter

Mangave Sponge Paint PP 32070 Red Foliage Plants The 4' tall purple stalksxMangave 'Sponge Paint', a 2019 release from Walters Gardens, is an Agave potatorum hybrid that forms a 6" tall x 14" wide, flat rosette of glaucous grey leaves, each highlighted by an abundant array of purple spots a superb small container specimen where it isn't winter hardy.