Agave lophantha Miniskirt Amorphophallus from very late summer through
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Description
from very late summer through early fall
Iris cristata 'Edgar Anderson' is named after the late iris researcher and former director of the Missouri Botanic Garden
cone-shaped
Each 4' tall clump is laden with massive flowers of soft apricot with blushes of light rose and yellow radiating from the throat
a real hummingbird treat
Agave lophantha Miniskirt Amorphophallus from very late summer throughAgave 'Miniskirt' is a 2017 Plant Delights Nursery introduction that we discovered at PDN in 2013 as a dwarf mutation in a batch of Agave lophantha 'Splendida'. We were thrilled as the mutation created a dwarf, 8" tall x 18" wide mound of tightly held 5" wide rosettes. Each clump of Agave 'Miniskirt' forms a skirted teepee like effect of fast offsetting, glaucous, blue green rosettes, each adorned with a muted, wide, central yellow band. Agave