Giessen:Im Winter kaum, im Sommer reichlich gießen, wenn die Erde trocken ist

Standort:volle Sonne. Im Sommer stellt man die Pflanze auf eine geschützte Terrasse im Freien. Im Winter muß sie unbedingt hell und kühl stehen. Sie braucht dann möglichst viel Licht und nur wenig Wasser.

Dünger normal:wenig düngen

Sonstiges:
Vermehrung: Durch Abtrennen der Jungpflanzen, die sich am Fuß der Mutterpflanze in reichem Maße bilden. Oder durch Aussaat.
Einheitserde mit 50% Gartenerde und Sand mischen

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Category: Succulent
Family: Agavaceae (Agaves)
Origin: Mexico (North America)
Evergreen: Yes
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloomtime: Infrequent
Synonyms: [A. scolymus, A. verschaffletii]
Height: 1-2 feet
Width: 2-3 feet
Exposure: Full Sun

smaller growing solitary agave from the semi-arid highlands between 4,000 and 7,000 feet of Puebla and Oaxaca. It has broad gray leaves that form in an open symmetrical rosette to 1 to 2 feet tall by 2 to 3 feet wide. The many 10 to 18 inch long leaves are slightly reflexed back near the tips with chestnut brown spines; the 1 inch long terminal spine is slightly wavy and the short marginal spines are on tubercle-like prominences. When mature a flower spike rises 10 to 20 feet bearing light green flowers tinged with red and subtended with red bracts. This agave rarely offsets so after maturing, which in our experience begins to occur when plants are as young as 10 years old, it will flower (usually during the fall) and the entire plant declines and dies. Plant in full sun with little irrigation required in coastal gardens but provide some supplemental irrigation in hotter inland gardens. Winter hardy to around 25 degrees. This species is quite variable in form; some plants have flatter leaves radiating straight out from the crown while others have leaves that are slightly cupped along the margins and are reflexed back. Our plants are like the later form. Our plants from seed collected off of our mature plants. This beautiful agave was appreciated by the Nahuatl Indians who called it "papalometl" meaning "Butterfly Agave". The specific name "potatorum" in the generative of the Latin word "potator" meaning 'of the drinkers' in reference to the use of this plant in making alcoholic beverages


Drought Tolerant: Yes
Deer Tolerant: Yes
Irrigation Req.: Low Water Needs
Winter Hardiness: 25-30° F

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