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Agave x ovatisana - An interesting cross between two medium-large Mexican agaves. So far we can tell it has low flattened rosettes of fairly broad wavy gray-green leaves.
Plant in full sun and irrigate infrequently. Both plants are fairly cold hardy so should be able to withstand cold temperatures down to 15 to 20° F.
We grew this hybrid from seed produced from a cross made between the seed parent Whale's Tongue Agave Agave ovatifolia that comes from 3,700 to 7,000 feet in the Sierra de Lampazos in northern Nuevo Leon in northeastern Mexico and the pollen parent, the Cabbage Head Agave Agave parrasana that comes from the Parras mountains of southeastern Coahuila, Mexico at elevations from 4,500 to just over 8,000 feet. This hybridization work was performed by Brian Kemble when the two plants flowered at the Ruth Bancroft Garden in Walnut Creek California in 2020 and we received the seed in July 2021.
The information displayed on this page about Agave x ovatisana is based on the research we have conducted about it in our nursery library as well as from information provided by reliable online resources. We also include our own observations made about this plant as it grows in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant have performed in the containers in our nursery field. We will also incorporate comments that we have received from others and welcome hearing from anyone with information about this plant, particularly if it includes cultural information that will aid others to better grow it.
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