Agave toumeyana ssp bella Gila Unknown If winter temperatures don't drop

If winter temperatures don't drop below 20 degrees F

The clumps are topped with 14" tall scapes of medium purple hummingbird-friendly flowers in midsummer

subsequently

topped with a magnificent display of large

bright gold streaked seed strain of Helleborus foetidus that first appeared here in our gardens in 1996

Agave toumeyana ssp bella Gila Unknown If winter temperatures don't dropThis seed collection of the dwarf Agave toumeyana ssp. bella hails from Gila County (north of Phoenix), Arizona at 4,100' elevation, where it covers the faces of large rocky cliffs, growing alongside Agave chrysantha. Agave toumeyana is named after early 1900s botanist J. W. Toumey, who did quite a bit of field work in Arizona. The cute, small, offsetting 6" tall x 10" wide rosettes are composed of narrow dark green leaves, highlighted with random