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Agave 'Carl's Dwarf' - (Carl's Dwarf Agave) A unique smaller agave growing only to 1 foot tall by an equal width with small sharp dark teeth along the margins and nice gray green colored leaves that have a pink tinges. It produces only a few pups at the base of the main rosette.
Plant in full to part sun with occasional to little irrigation. Tolerant of temperatures down to 25° F and possibly much lower.
We are not sure what the true identity of this plant is. It was first given to us in 2010 by a local Santa Barbara horticulturalist Carl Noss and it flowered later that year; the plants we now have in the nursery are from the resulting seed of this flowering. Plantsman John Bleck thinks this is the same plant he originally received as "Agave 'Dwarf'" from Don Raymond, who sold plants at the Sunset Club in the 60's and early '70's. When Greg Starr, author of "Agaves: Living Sculptures for Landscapes and Containers" looked at this plant he noted that it reminded him of Agave capensis. Whatever its origins, this plant that we grew and sold from 2014 until 2015 is certainly a charmer.
The information displayed on this page about Agave 'Carl's Dwarf' is based on our research conducted about this plant from books in our nursery library as well as from information that is provided by reliable online resources. We also have included our own observations made about it as it grew in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant performed in the containers when we had them in our nursery field. We 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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