Agave parryi ssp truncata Uruguay The blue foliage color is

The blue foliage color is always welcome by garden designers who focus on color combinations

The three to four month winter floral display is very showy

as well as serving as a foil for other colored foliage in the garden

evergreen (even in Zone 5)

cut the banana fruit stalk before the first frost

Agave parryi ssp truncata Uruguay The blue foliage color isAgave parryi ssp. truncata, considered one of the most beautiful of all the agaves, has a very limited native distribution. Found only in Durango, Mexico, it can best be described as short, fat, blue, and producing lots of offspring. Come to think of it, that also describes most of the guys at the local saloon on Saturday night. Each 18" tall x 18" wide robust clump is topped at maturity with a phallic bud that enlarges into a 5" diameter, 20' tall