Agave 'Blue Flame' ~ Blue Flame Agave shade-garden Shallow root system can crack

Shallow root system can crack or heave nearby driveways or sidewalks

The white flower clusters bloom in spring and turn to the berries that are ready to harvest by late spring early summer

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but matures into a more rounded or irregular form

Ever Red Banana is a hardy perennial with upright stems and large green foliage striped with maroon that adds a touch of tropic to cooler areas

Agave 'Blue Flame' ~ Blue Flame Agave shade-garden Shallow root system can crackBlue Flame Agave is a dense rosette forming evergreen succulent with tappered chalky blue green foliage with incurved tips that resembles a gas flame. Does not flower indoors. Grows best with bright indirect light and dry to medium sharply drained soils. Drought tolerant once established. Type: Succulent Origins: A. attenuata x A. shawii hybrid Height: 2 3 Spread: 2. 5 3 Spacing: 3 USDA Hardiness Zone: 9 11 Culture: Full Sun Bloom Color: Yellow (Very