Agave gracilipes Beschorneria sports large chartreuse-gold foliage with

sports large chartreuse-gold foliage with a wide green edge

emerging from a slowly spreading rhizome

it is the earliest crinum to flower

5" long traps

Because it is seed sterile

Agave gracilipes Beschorneria sports large chartreuse-gold foliage withIt gets lonely at evening in the mountains of west Texas, and late one night on a mountain far, far away, a botanical liaison was consummated between Agave neomexicana and Agave lechuguilla. Despite their spiny personalities, their unexpected compatibility produced the species we now know as Agave x gracilipes. These rarely offsetting intermediates produce leafy 1' tall x 18" wide rosettes of rigid grey green leaves. Despite their preference for dry