Foxtail Agave, Dragon-Tree Agave, Spineless Agave 'Kara's Stripes' (Agave attenu

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palmbob Acton, CA(Zone 8b) Jan 21, 2008

Foxtail Agave, Dragon-Tree Agave, Spineless Agave 'Kara's Stripes'
Agave attenuata

suddenly seeing these for sale all over southern California

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Kell San Leandro, CA(Zone 9b) Jan 21, 2008

I bought 2 of these from Plants Delight and must say mine are just about all green. I am so disappointed. I saw some tiny ones at a nursery the other day and at least they had vague stripes but so vague!!! They have been tissue cultured. I think Agri Starts has them.

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palmbob Acton, CA(Zone 8b) Jan 22, 2008

I have to agree they are not too impressive... and as they age they seem to lose what little variegation they have. Oh well.

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Anniesfollies Carlsbad, CA(Zone 10b) Aug 13, 2011

I just bought one of these that was unnamed and now that I've identified it and read your comments about losing its variegation I'm disappointed. I love it's light variegation and lime green colors. SInce it's been over three years since the above posts have you since found whether it makes a difference if it gets more or less sun? Also, what's it's growth rate and have either of yours produced pups? I'm debating what size pot use.
Thanks for any tips.
Annie

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palmbob Acton, CA(Zone 8b) Aug 14, 2011

I have had them lose stripes in sun and shade... seems to make no difference. They do sucker but suckers tend to be normal form (no stripes) though occasionally slightly striped plants sometimes appear.

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Kell San Leandro, CA(Zone 9b) Aug 14, 2011

My small ones I bought from Plant Delights still are blah but I did buy a huge one last year that does have more defined variegation though nothing dramatic. It is in full sun. I also saw one on a garden tour that was well defined in full sun but looked more bleached out. I have that pic posted.

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