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Agave 'Sonoita Vinyards' - An upright medium to small-growing rosette-forming succulent to 2 feet tall and as wide with upright olive-green lanceolata leaves with reddish brown spines - seems mostly solitary but suckering upon flowering. Fresh flowers were not observed but the inflorescence of the plant found was about 9 feet tall and branched.
Plant in full sun in a well-drained soil and irrigated infrequently to occasionally
This plant was discovered growing in rows of Syrah grapes at 'Sonoita Vineyards' within the overlapping range of Agave parryi ssp. huachucensis and Agave palmeri and appearing intermediate to these plants. While visiting the type locality for Agave parry ssp. huachucensis during the 2009 CSSA conference in Tucson we were led to this site by Brian Kemble, who remembered finding this plant on a previous excursion. We received permission to enter the vineyard by Mike Dupont, vineyard manager and found the plant in a row of Syrah grape where we collected a small amount of seed from this plant and sold it in 2012.
Information displayed on this page about Agave 'Sonoita Vineyards' is based on our research conducted about this plant in our nursery library as well as from information provided by reliable online resources. We also include our own observations made about it as it has grown in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant performed in the containers in our nursery field. We will also include comments received from others and welcome hearing from anyone who has information about this plant, particularly if it includes cultural information aiding others to better grow it.
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