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Mangave 'Center of Attention' PP33,630 - Center of Attention Mangave

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Habit and Cultural Information
Category: Succulent
Family: Agavaceae (now Asparagaceae)
Origin: Mexico (North America)
Evergreen: Yes
Red/Purple Foliage: Yes
Parentage: (Agave nizandensis x M. 'Bloodspot x A. gypsophila)
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 'Center of Attention' PP33,630 (Center of Attention Mangave) - An attractive plant with rosettes up to 18 inches tall and 29 inches wide with dark reddish purple recurving leaves that have a lighter rose colored midstripe and with leaf margins having small evenly spaced rubbery teeth.

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 2020 introduction in the Walters Gardens MAD ABOUT MANGAVEŽ Collection of plants bred by Hans Hansen. Mangave 'Center of Attention' is a complex hybrid involving Agave nizandensis as the seed parent crossed with pollen from the cross between Mangave 'Bloodspot' and Agave pablocarrilloi (AKA Agave gypsophila, Hort.). This plant was granted U.S. Plant Patent PP33,630 on November 9, 2021. The picture on this page courtesy of Walters Gardens

The information displayed on this page about Mangave 'Center of Attention' PP33,630 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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