Agave colorata Misashibo Oreocharis as well as summer flowering

as well as summer flowering when many spring perennials have finished flowering or gone dormant

so you'll always have plenty to share

burgundy-red flowers

composed of red-lavender lipstick-like flowers

The 32" tall stalks of Hemerocallis 'Black Eyed Susan' are topped with 5" wide

Agave colorata Misashibo Oreocharis as well as summer floweringAgave colorata hails from Northwestern Sonora, Mexico, where it is quite rare among the rocky coastal foothills possibly due to overharvesting by the precolonial Indian tribes who used it as a sweetener. Agave colorata is highly valued ornamentally, due to its amazing horizontal leaf banding and its scarcity due to its typical solitary growth habit (rare to offset). Agave 'Misashibo' is an even rarer Japanese selection with leaves that emerge blue,