Agave protamericana Silver Surfer Wet Shade Plants From Olga Petryszyn

From Olga Petryszyn

Our eight year-old specimen flowered in 2022 after it had reached a whopping 4' tall x 7' wide

Typically bearing a wine-colored flower

winter-deciduous oxalis that has deep velvety-purple leaves edged with a wide black border topped by tiny

but such occurred with our 2014 Plant Delights fairy wing introduction

Agave protamericana Silver Surfer Wet Shade Plants From Olga PetryszynAgave 'Silver Surfer' is a 2007 Plant Delights JLBG introduction that we made from seedling of a 1992 Yucca Do seed collecting expedition (YD 45 83) at 5,200' in Palmillo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, where Agave americana ssp. protamericana intergrades with Agave asperrima. Agave 'Silver Surfer' has since formed a 6' tall x 10' wide clump of stiff, outfacing, silvery blue leaves. This slow offsetting agave is a favorite of garden visitors, but it's been five