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Agave salomonii (Salomon's Agave) A recently described beautiful medium sized agave that grows in the wild in clusters of compact rosettes that have broad pale green leaves that are glaucus whitish blue on the undersides with green bud imprints decorating this surface.
Little is yet know about cultivation of this plant but one might guess that full sun in a well drained soil with little irrigation required would be a safe bet, but cold hardiness has yet to be tested.
This plant was first collected by a local Mexican seed collector named Salomón Javier Romero on rocky outcrops in a remote valley in Oaxaca and seed first distributed by RarePalms.com and we thank Brian Kemble and Kelly Griffin for sharing some of their purchased seed with us. There is speculation that this plant might have affinities to Agave chiapensis and Agave mitis, but as a name place holder it was called Agave magnifica (because it is of course magnificent!) until it was officially described by Greg Starr in 2022 and named after the man who first collected it. There are many nice pictures of this agave in the new book Agaves: Species, Cultivars & Hybrids by Jeremy Spath and Jeff Moore. The picture on this page is from Jeremy Spath's website at Hidden Agave.
The information displayed on this page about Agave salomonii 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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