Def. not guava. We have those in Hawaii, they grow at low elevations. Can't remember the name. Try posting on the Hawaii forum.

could be agave parryi? i'm no agave expert, but that would be my guess. there are many forms of parryi. i like the var. truncata form the best. -ming

Sadly, my yard is not big enough to make a maze to get lost in. The grass area I'd be replacing is only 19'x22'. I'm figuring that the walkways should be 3' and the hedge rows should also be 3' wide. I'd love to shrink them but don't know if it would make it too hard to squeeze around. I'm getting a book about garden mazes from the library tomorrow, so hopefully it will go over dimensions. I think I probably will use rosemary. I've heard that with rooting compound it roots easily, and my parents have lots of bushes to cut from. Boxwood grows slowly (I think) and laurel would probably be too expensive to buy enough plants. My poor lawn is looking deader by the day. I do feel a little sorry for it. I'm going to speed things along with a clear plastic tarp over the lawn. Janine

The most important is smell. If you pluck a leaf and rub it in your fingers and you know what tarragon smells like, it is quite noticable when smelled. Last years plants from Gurney had no smell at all and taste was nothing. They did refund my $ though as they had advertised French when it was not. I grew the real stuff a couple of years ago, and even with poor taste buds and almost no sense of smell, the true stuff was very noticable.