Agave protamericana Big Blue Hemerocallis in 2001 from China's Wuhan

in 2001 from China's Wuhan Botanical Garden

There are few plants that provide the vertical accents

Japanese ginseng is a rare woodland counterpart of our more-familiar American species

Each 15" tall x 2' wide clump is topped with sturdy stalks of light lavender flowers in midsummer

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Agave protamericana Big Blue Hemerocallis in 2001 from China's WuhanThis vegetative selection of A. americana var. protamericana makes the largest clump of any of the hardy agaves that we have grown. Instead of forming a tight, upright clump as is typical with "protamericana," A. 'Big Blue' makes a more open clump resembling A. americana, reaching 3' tall x 10' wide. We usually see a little leaf burn when temperatures drop much below 10 degrees F, which is still far hardier than typical Agave americana. In loose