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Agave parryi var. truncata - A compact rosette-forming succulent with broad, short, squared-off blue-gray leaves which have prominent reddish-brown teeth and terminal spines. Individual plants grow to 2 to 3 feet tall by 3 to 4 feet wide. When the plant is mature, flower spike rises 10 to 20 feet bearing orange buds that open yellow on short horizontal branches - flowering usually occurs in summer.
Plant in full sun in a well-draining soil where it requires very little to no irrigation in coastal gardens and is cold hardy to around 15° F. A very attractive plant in the succulent garden as a large specimen plant or in large pots.
Agave parryii grows from south-eastern Arizona and western New Mexico south to Chihuahua and variety truncata is native from Durango to Zacatecas Mexico. It is often noted to be smaller than Agave parryi var. huachucensis , but in our experience this collection of this variety, often called the "Huntington Form" is among the larger of the Agave parryi varieties. It is quite notable for its stubby, almost flat-topped rosettes that are somewhat reminiscent of an artichoke. Our plants are from tissue culture of the Huntington Botanic Gardens plant (HBG 23389) that was collected by H. S. Gentry in 1951 in Durango near the Zacatecas border in Mexico.
The information displayed on this page about Agave parryi var. truncata (Gentry Form) is based on the research we have conducted about it in our nursery library as well as from information provided by reliable online resources. We also include our own observations made about this plant as it grows in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant have performed in the containers in our nursery field. We will also incorporate comments that we have received from others and welcome hearing from anyone with information about this plant, particularly if it includes cultural information that will aid others to better grow it.
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