Agave parryi ssp neomexicana Culberson Giant Persicaria since most Japanese grown plants

since most Japanese grown plants are kept in tiny little pots) is topped with stalks of light lavender flowers on 48" scapes

Our 20-year-old specimen measures 4' tall x 8' wide

pointed leaves of medium green

Come to think of it

of a Texas selection of the widespread US native Salvia azurea

Agave parryi ssp neomexicana Culberson Giant Persicaria since most Japanese grown plants(Agave neomexicana KJS 362) Thanks to Colorado plantsman Kenton Seth for sharing seed of his collection from a population of giant, 4' wide plants of Agave parryi ssp. neomexicana from Culberson County, Texas. These are dramatically larger and more vigorous than any other form of Agave parryi ssp. neomexicana that we've tried. In situ, the plants were isolated from other century plants, but in the seedlings, we see evidence of genes from Agave