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Products > Mangave 'Mayan Queen' PP31,312   Mangave 'Mayan Queen' PP31,312 - Mayan Queen Mangave       Habit and Cultural Information Category: Succulent Family: Agavaceae (now Asparagaceae) Origin: Mexico (North America) Evergreen: Yes Red/Purple Foliage: Yes Parentage: (Manfreda x Agave macroacantha x A. pablocarrilloi) Height: 1 foot Width: 2-3 feet Exposure: Full Sun Summer Dry: Yes Deer Tolerant: Yes Irrigation (H2O Info): Low Water Needs Winter Hardiness: 20-25° F x Mangave 'Mayan Queen' PP31,312 (Mayan Queen Mangave) - A beautiful plant with solitary very symmetrical rosettes up to 15 inches tall and 3 feet wide with succulent frosty silver-gray colored arching recurved leaves with a dark purple mottled overlay that is densest towards the leave tips and with leaf margins shallowly serrated with hard rubbery teeth. From a distance the general appearance of the leaves is that they are a solid lavender color and this coloration is enhanced when grown in full sun. Plant in full to half day sun in a well-drained soil and give occasional to regular irrigation. It has been noted as resistant to deer and rabbit predation. This plant is a 2017 introduction in the Walters Gardens MAD ABOUT MANGAVEŽ Collection of plants bred by Hans Hansen. Walters Gardens says of this plant "A superb succulent that's fit for a queen!" 'Mayan Queen' is a complex hybrid involving a Manfreda cultivar, Agave macroacantha and A. pablocarrilloi (AKA Agave gypsophila, Hort.). This plant has a U.S. Plant Patent pending. The picture on this page courtesy of Walters Gardens.  The information on this page is based on the research that we have conducted about this plant in the San Marcos Growers library, from what we have found on reliable online sources, as well as from observations made of our crops of this plant growing in the nursery and of plants growing in the nursery's garden and those in other gardens where we may have observed it. We also have incorporated comments received from others and welcome getting feedback from those who may have additional information, particularly if this information includes cultural information that would aid others in growing Mangave 'Mayan Queen' PP31,312.     [MORE INFO]