Agave yavapaiensis Verde Valley Cortaderia when it bursts into flower

when it bursts into flower for us in late June (NC)

The rules of creating a container garden are dictated by the amount of sun

This dazzling North American native (Alaska to New England) evergreen groundcover forms a 1' tall x 6' wide brilliant yellow specimen

in Sichuan province

Plant it in a special spot in the rock garden or the front of the border

Agave yavapaiensis Verde Valley Cortaderia when it bursts into flowerAgave x yavapaiensis 'Verde Valley' is a recently named (2013) century plant from central Arizona, which represents a population that has speciated after the Pre Columbian people brought their tribal agaves from Mexico to the US, where they hybridized with the native Agave chrysantha. Agave x yavapaiensis matures into 2' tall x 3' wide, glaucous blue, rarely offsetting clumps. There are only a small number of populations, and these ancient hybrids