Agave nickelsiae Saruma powder-blue

powder-blue

including flower stalks

It is not particular about soils

Each of the dozen or so slightly downward-facing

cinnamon-colored spikes in the center of the clump

Agave nickelsiae Saruma powder-blueAgave nickelsiae is the new we mean old name for the North American native, Agave ferdinandi regis (yes, ferdinandi is spelled correctly). Agave nickelsiae is often lumped by herbarium taxonomists (people who study dead plants) with Agave victoriae reginae, but Agave nickelsiae can be easily distinguished by more glaucous foliage, larger leaves, and larger terminal black spines. Each tight, slow growing clump will reach 10" tall x 18" wide. We'll let