Agave lophahui Nutty Professor Violet Flowering Plants The symmetrical 20" wide clumps

The symmetrical 20" wide clumps are topped with lavender flowers on 18" scapes in early summer

Calopogon tuberosus 'Alba' can be grown in containers whose feet are wet

so pull back the mulch and try to find the purple pizza-shaped flowers

A 2014 Green Thumb Award winner from the Direct Gardening Association

Agave lophahui Nutty Professor Violet Flowering Plants The symmetrical 20" wide clumpsThis lovely century plant hybrid originally came to us, unnamed from a grower in San Diego. After growing it for several years outdoors, here in Zone 7b 8a, we're fairly confident that it's a hybrid of Agave lophantha and Agave ocahui. In the ground, it's survived 14 degrees F, so far, and has formed a 2' tall x 2. 5' wide specimen, composed of narrow green leaves, highlighted by a muted, central yellow stripe, that's brightest as the new growth