While visiting the Arizona- Sonora Desert Museum earlier this month I saw many cool animals and rocks and plants. I highlighted the Cactus Garden and now want to show off the Agave Garden.
Join me and learn about agave... which is my favorite desert plant!
There are 270 different types of agave. (1), This is amazing and it means that I can see and discover more and more all the time.
They have a simple rosette shape, that draws me to it.
I was so excited to see there was a whole section of the desert museum dedicated to the agave! Let's take a look at some of the agave in the garden.
3.Most are native to hot and arid regions of the Americas and need very little water to survive. (2)
4.They require many years to mature and flower and once the rosette flowers it dies. The stalk that is sends up can be up to 30 feet or 9 meters high. (2) (3)
5.The leaves range in color from pale green to blue-grey (3)
For those that know me, you know how much I adore the color green, in all it's shades.
6.The leaves can be variegated (differently colored zones in the leaves) or striped (3)
It is so fun to see the different patterns!
7.The names are sometimes my favorite part.
Hedgehog, Whale tongue, Queen Victoria, Blue Glow, Foxtail, Artichoke and many more...
8.The agave can be a source of food.
My main source of sugar is agave syrup.
Hope you enjoyed this tour of the Agave garden at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum outside of Tucson, Arizona.
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I know how much you LOVE your agave!!
I can't believe there is a community just for succulent growers... they are more popular than i knew. haha
Yes, and I got to do a whole post of Agave!
Hi @sjarvie5, Excellent article... I am impressed that the agave plant after lasting so long to grow and mature, dies when it flowers. It sounds like a movie where the protagonist has many struggles and when he finally achieves his goal he has a fatal ending, how tragic! Another thing that strikes me is the sugar is obtained from this plant. Nice pictures, thanks for sharing this content.
Hi @trabajosdelsiglo thanks for your comment. It is pretty sad they die after flowering. Yes, agave syrup is like honey in that it is a pretty amber color and very sweet.
Beautiful! Sisal agaves are a serious invader species in my country but I'm learning to love and grow their better-behaved cousins: I recently got a victoria-reginae and a hedgehog
Oh I do love the Queen Victoria and have a couple my self. I do not have a hedgehog. I should show my succulents. It is difficult to get good pictures of them. :)
Interesting. I never knew that there were so many varieties. Cool. That first one looks like a pine cone to me. They are quite beautiful overall.
Thanks that is true. I like the shape of pine cones too!
Must have been so much fun to photograph! Some lovely images here, makes me want to go out and find some succulents to capture.
There are some in Utah, since it is a high desert!
I definitely need to find some!
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That's many with 270 different types of agave 🙂 All plants in the garden are absolutely beautiful.