At 4:24pm today I responded to Chris and Dan, that I would very much like to acquire their Agave americana var. medio-picta alba. At 4:26pm, I received confirmation of where to pick up the plant. They helped me load up this beast and off on my way I went meeting Channing to help me install it. At 5:16pm, I was home and sitting down to make this entry. So, I repeat, Bam, and I add a Pow! I adore this agave!
A big giant
T H A N K Y O U
goes to Chris & Dan, and Channing.
Also installed were some Aloes, cotyledons, some bulbine and lots and lots of Agave parryi to surround the big medio-picta and keep it company. The picture of the medio-picta above shows it before I was able to plant the other plants around it to keep it company. Channing also thought that if I did this, it might 'protect' it. Either way, it looks really good and again I am so delighted to have this specimen for the community to see.
So here is the view of the installed surrounding plants. The tequilana on the left and the parryi on the right.
The A. tequilana is the very one used to make tequila- obviously I suppose. It is in the picture of the truck bed right behind the familiar Agave americana in the terra cotta colored pot.
In the foreground being cut off, are the bulbine. I hope these do not get too weedy as they tend to die out from the center and create a ring of green around a dried center of stems.
In the back left are some clumps of Aloe nobilis from my front yard hedge.
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