On this sweltering hot summer day, Juniper Level Botanical Garden Director Tony Avent is sharing his knowledge on growing Agave in the Southeast. These beautiful succulents have evolved into a myriad of shapes, colors and sizes, are extremely heat and drought tolerant, and easy to grow in containers. In our trials we have found several species that grow well in zone 7b/8a, provided your soil has good drainage. After 10-15 years of growth, large species produce a massive flower spike that will have your neighbors in awe.
Thumbnail: Agave ovatifolia 'Awakening Angel'
Plant Delights Nursery is an award winning nursery in Raleigh, NC near Garner. We specialize in rare, and unusual perennials and we strive to carry a wide selection of exotic plants, cold hardy tropical plants, and native plants. Many of our best perennials are available nowhere else in the US as they represent rare plants collected by Plant Delights founder Tony Avent during his more than 60 plant hunting expeditions to places like China, Crete, Taiwan, South Africa and Argentina or distributed by some of the many specialty plant organizations of which Plant Delights is a member.
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Juniper Level Botanic Garden was founded in 1986 by Tony Avent to promote and preserve botanic diversity by bridging the gap between botany and horticulture through plant study, identification, educational outreach, global plant exploration. JLBG is home to over 28,000 taxa spread over 28 acres of beautiful grounds.
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