Agave lophahui Nutty Professor Brahea The very dark green

The very dark green

This stunning release from the late Ed Elslager makes a 3' wide

Plants from this population were very interesting because not only were they solitary from a species that normally clumps

The clumps are topped in May with 2' tall spikes of attractive

it looks like something you'd smoke back in the sixties while listening to Jimi Hendrix bang out its namesake song

Agave lophahui Nutty Professor Brahea The very dark greenThis 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