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Jan 19, 2016 1:05 PM CST
Name: Baja
Baja California (Zone 11b)
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Nice looking agave, Gary. It will get bigger if you let it, but not in that pot. You don't want it ending up like your "Blue Glow" now, do you? Smiling What a beautiful plant.

It's probably a good idea to point out that agaves tend to be different sizes depending on how they are grown, so what may be a medium sized plant for me here in the ground (zero supplemental irrigation, months-long summer drought every year) could end up being quite large with more attention (ie. to water, exposure, nutrients). Agaves grown in the sun in poor soil with little water will grow to half the size they might under friendlier conditions.

Photos from the public garden here (most plants growing in day-long sun).

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A. parryi truncata, "Bloodspot"

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"Cream Spike", "Baja"

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schidigera, titanota "FO76"

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stricta, geminiflora

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colorata, "Kissho Kan"
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