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| Category: Succulent |
| Family: Agavaceae (now Asparagaceae) |
| Origin: Mexico (North America) |
| Evergreen: Yes |
| Flower Color: NA |
| Bloomtime: Infrequent |
| Parentage: (A. salmiana x A. protoamericana?) |
| Height: 3-4 feet |
| Width: 4-6 feet |
| Exposure: Full Sun |
| Summer Dry: Yes |
| Irrigation (H2O Info): No Irrigation required |
| Winter Hardiness: 10-15° F |
| May be Poisonous (More Info): Yes |
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Agave 'Mr. Ripple' - A medium-large Agave with single rosettes to 5 feet tall by 8 feet wide with undulating broad bluish olive-green leaves that have a soft satiny texture. It is a mostly solitary rosette forming agave but it can occasionally produce a few suckers. Plant in full sun. Little irrigation required. Looks tropical but can tolerate temperatures without damage to around 12° F. This plant, thought to possibly be a naturally occurring hybrid between Agave salmiana and Agave americana var. protoamericana, was named by Wade Roitsch of Yucca Do Nursery, who spotted the plant on a collecting trip east of Ciudad del Maiz in San Luis Potosi, Mexico in 2001. The original plant produced few offsets and these only when it was young. Thankfully Yucca Do put the plant into a tissue culture program and shared it with a few other nurseries and we now propagate this plant in our nursery by vegetative means. We have a large attractive specimen of this plant growing near our greenhouses and all who see this plant comment very favorably about it. From input from customers who have planted this agave we have updated our original information as it was originally described as being a bit smaller (4'x6').
Information displayed on this page about Agave 'Mr. Ripple' is based on the research conducted about it in our library and from reliable online resources. We also note those observations we have made of this plant as it grows in the nursery's garden and in other gardens, as well how crops have performed in our nursery field. We will incorporate comments we receive from others, and welcome to hear from anyone who may have additional information, particularly if they share any cultural information that would aid others in growing it.
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