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Item # 12765
each $7.49
3 to 6 plants $7.29
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Agave utahensis v. kaibabensis
Grand Canyon Century Plant
Quick Facts :: Growing Tips
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Description:
12-15” x 18” wide. (Seed propagated.) This is the giant form of Agave utahensis. Variety ‘kaibabensis’ is a handsome, formidably spined Agave with moderately thin, long, stout gray-green leaves. I’ve found it to be a slow grower, but that’s probably how it endures the searing summer heat and brutally cold winters of its northern AZ habitat. Very uncommon in cultivation, it’s much larger than any other forms of Agave utahensis. Seed was collected at 5,000’ elevation on the south rim of the Grand Canyon near the Navajo Native American town of Cameron, AZ.
Zones 5-9
Special Notes:
Plant with Claret Cup cacti!
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QUICK FACTS
| USDA Growing Zones |
5 - 9 |
| Color |
White |
| Regions |
Hot Desert, Western Only |
| Rain |
Less than 10in., 10in - 20in, 20in - 30in |
| Bloom Time |
Summer |
| Sun |
Full and Afternoon Sun |
| Soil |
Sandy Garden Soil |
| Moisture |
Very Xeric |
| Height |
Medium - 12in. to 36in. |
| Plants for Pollinators |
Attract Hummingbirds |
| Resistant to Hungry Critters |
Resists Deer, Resists Rabbits |
GROWING TIPS
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Good companion plants for Agave include ornamental grasses, Dwarf conifers and groundcover Iceplants(to carpet the ground around the base of the plants with flowers).
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