I have no idea what variety. It was here when my mother-in-law bought this house 17 years ago. It does have spikes, but I have pinched most of them off because they kids run around in there....well, and I did back into it once. Ouch! LOL! Yes, I know it will die, but what a way to go! And yes, there are 4 or 5 pups that I've been thinking of pulling and transplanting, but I guess I will leave at least one in this spot!

Well, Here I am again. and a here are my blooming Agave striatas again . Just so you can go and see them when they first "snaked out their blooms" here is the link to that. Now they are in bloom. It is getting dry here. We have had no rain since the 4" on Memorial weekend unless you count the .04" a month ago. and all the almost 100F days. It could be worse. I don't water. Don't worry, they will just pup and pup and the clump will live on. This A. striata var falcata (very different) bloomed its first bloom and the bloom failed, darn it. BUT it too is meristem pupping so the clump will grow on. This one is dangerous to weed around. See the pupping at the base? I can't wait for this one to bloom if it too will pup. The mom pupped. It is a Agave striata 'Live Wires' And it gets gracefully animated in it's lean for the sun. beautiful sunburn. I have two more small ones and I am looking for more of this kind It is hardy to around 10F and is moisture tolerant with the kind of moisture we can get here on my limestone hill along with the cold. Anyone else out there growing Agave striatas? I see so few of them in the stores and they are very practical for my area.

Not being the agave connoisseur like 'some people' are (not naming a guilty name), this is a new agave on me. Well heck. What can I say? Its really cool, rather un-agave-like in a very interesting way or should I say appealing in that its structural? Its certainly got 'bone structure' to quote Madelene Kahn in 'Paper Moon'. wantanamara you know about the weakness verging on obsession that I have for grasses and I suspect you posted this knowing it would make me jealous because it is kind of grasslike and would look like a million bucks among grasses. They remind me of beargrass and sotol more than a typical agave. The 'Live Wire' is my favorite (whats not to like??) and of course I've already googled and discovered Plants Delights carries it but is currently 'out of stock'. No surprise. Seems everything I look up at P. D. is out of stock these days------what gives??? Not that I have ever forked out $$ to them but I still like to pretend I might. Is that where you got yours? Anyway, they do say its hardy to zone 7a (I think it was 'a' rather than 'b') and it was good for North Carolina in that zone. Do you believe the zone 7 hardiness? Says to avoid winter moisture but then they always say that. To add insult to injury, roselee touts that she picked up a couple of them locally once for the low price of $5 apiece. Give me a break. You guys have all the luck. Editing here. Correction: 'Picked up a couple of BIG ones for $5". Big. Not pups. Totally unfair.

Yeah! and quite by chance right? The ceanothus is my neighbour's. She also has a local native lupinus albifrons nearby that should be in bloom right around the same time. I have some local variants of California poppy that are yellow (instead of orange) so the blues and purples will look real nice with the yellow poppies and yellow agave.