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Agave montana
The real thing!
A recently described species that is found above 9,000' on the highest peaks in northeastern Mexico. The huge gray-green artichoke-like plants reach 6' across in silhouette. The highly-toothed leaf margins leave imprints on the previous leaf thus echoing the saw-tooth like leaf edges! This non-suckering species is quite distinct from Agave gentryi.
This plant is proving to be difficult to cultivate in areas of extreme heat and humidity. It seem to prefer areas where the nighttime temperatures cool off and the humidity is low. Folks living in hot, humid zones are forewarned that this species tends to exhibit signs of stress when temperature get into the triple digits for extended periods, during period of excessive humidity and during prolonged precipitation events.
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Notes and observations about this plant
- Cold by Hans Hauser
- Agave montana died when our Ohio tremps dropped to the mid tees and long prior to reaching +5 and +3F this winter. Agave parryi and A. utahensis, A. neomexicana were unblemished. All my Yuccas look great. I am sure the threshold for A. montana is 16F. (Posted on 3/20/11)