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Products > Mangave 'Freckles and Speckles' PP30,904   Mangave 'Freckles and Speckles' PP30,904 - Freckles and Speckles Mangave Note: This plant is not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.     Habit and Cultural Information Category: Succulent Family: Agavaceae (now Asparagaceae) Origin: Mexico (North America) Evergreen: Yes Red/Purple Foliage: Yes Parentage: (complex hybrid) Height: 1 foot Width: 1-2 feet Exposure: Full Sun Summer Dry: Yes Deer Tolerant: Yes Irrigation (H2O Info): Low Water Needs Winter Hardiness: 20-25° F x Mangave 'Freckles and Speckles' PPAF (Freckles and Speckles Mangave) - This attractive evergreen succulent plant forms a cluster of rosettes to 8 inches tall by 18-20 inches wide with fleshy narrow mint green leaves that have a lavender overlay and are lightly freckled with dark burgundy spots and edged along the curled back margin with rubbery fine teeth and a rose pink terminal spine. Both the lavender color and the "freckles" are most pronounce in full sun. Mature plants are topped with a 6' tall flower spike. Plant in full to half day sun in a well-drained soil and give occasional to regular irrigation. Reported to be hardy to around 20°F and useful in USDA Zones 9-10 and noted as resistant to deer and rabbit predation. A great sized plant to combine other smaller succulents in a mixed container planting! This plant is a 2017 introduction from the Walters Gardens MAD ABOUT MANGAVEŽ Collection of plants bred by Hans Hansen. Mangave 'Freckles and Speckles' is the result of a complex cross involving Agave macroacantha, A. geminiflora, A. pablocarrilloi (AKA Agave gypsophila, Hort.) as well as a couple different Manfreda cultivars. It has a U.S. Plant Patent pending.  This information about Mangave 'Freckles and Speckles' PP30,904 displayed is based on research conducted in our library and from reliable online resources. We will also note observations that we have made about it as it grows in the gardens in our nursery and those elsewhere, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We will also incorporate comments we receive from others, and we welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they can share cultural information that would aid others in growing it.     [MORE INFO]