Agave colorata Misashibo Oreocharis when given enough summer moisture

when given enough summer moisture

burgundy-red flowers

000' in elevation

as well as summer flowering when many spring perennials have finished flowering or gone dormant

branched flower racemes emerge

Agave colorata Misashibo Oreocharis when given enough summer moistureAgave colorata hails from Northwestern Sonora, Mexico, where it is quite rare among the rocky coastal foothills possibly due to overharvesting by the precolonial Indian tribes who used it as a sweetener. Agave colorata is highly valued ornamentally, due to its amazing horizontal leaf banding and its scarcity due to its typical solitary growth habit (rare to offset). Agave 'Misashibo' is an even rarer Japanese selection with leaves that emerge blue,