Mail Order Catalog Fall 2010 - Cistus Nursery

Agave funkiana 'Blue Haze'
Selected for its striking foliage, toothed and narrowing to a sharply pointed tip with a pale to nearly white
mid-stripe on the powdery blue leaves. Rosettes can reach up to 2 ft tall and wide. Sun and well-drained soil
required. Drought tolerant but occasional summer water speeds growth and generally enhances the appearance.
Frost hardy to 15F, mid USDA zone 8. Otherwise a happy container plant.
$16.00
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Agave funkiana 'Fatal Attraction'
Another selection of the already handsome A. funkiana, this with darker green leaves and and pale green
midstripe down the center. Leaves are narrow and toothed, ending in a dark and pointed spine tip. For sun and
well-drained soil, as expected. Drought tolerant but occasional summer water speeds growth. Less frost hardy
than the species, to 15F, mid USDA zone 8. Does well in containers.
$16.00
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Agave geminiflora twin-flowered agave
A rare relative in the Agave filifera group, this southwestern Mexico native has intriguing deep green rosettes of
rubbery, somewhat weeping leaves with enchanting silver-white filifers toward the center of the rosette. Can even
produce a short trunk. A tender species damaged under about 20F, USDA zone 9, it is best in a tall pot where its
weeping foliage can spread out and over the rim. When the plants reach 1 ft. or more in diameter, they produce a
spike of flowers well over 5 ft tall at which time, hopefully, they also produce an offset or two.
$15.00
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Agave gentryi x montana
Collected originally in the Sierra Madre Orientale of northeast Mexico in an area where the majestic A. gentryi
meets the more refined and smaller A. montana. The most beautiful silver-gray color represented here suggests
that A. scabra, the universal partygoer of that region, has come along for the ride as well. To 4 ft wide, this
stunning plant is tolerant of garden moisture --provided drainage is good -- and prefers full sun for best color.
Cold hardy to 10F, USDA zone 8. Fast growing.
$17.00
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Agave gracilipes - red spined clone slim footed agave
A red-spined selection of this hardy and diverse species, a natural hybrid of A. neomexicana and A. lecheguilla
from West Texas, New Mexico and Chihuahua, Mexico. These have narrow green to gray-green leaves with
curved spines along the sides and a sturdy, sharp tip, very red in this form. Rosettes reach 12-18” tall x 18”
wide and remain solitary, rarely offsetting. Best in lean, well-drained soil with occasional summer water for best
growth and appearance. Frost hardy to at least –20F, USDA zone 5 and possibly lower.
$16.00
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Agave 'Green Goblet'
A form selected in the high Sierra Madre Orientale of eastern Mexico by Carl Schoenfeld and Wade Rosch. This
plant is likely A. gentryi with a little A. montana thrown in and forms 4-5 ft rosettes of fleshy, moss-green leaves
beautifully patterned and indented. From pine/oak woodland, it is adaptable to moist soil and even partial shade
where autumn leaves won't collect in the rosettes. Thus far has been hardy to close to 0F, USDA zone 7.
However, the colder the climate, the more sun and drainage should be provided.
$16.00
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