Agave parryi ssp couesii Yavapai Co Arizona Ipheion with their giant radial leaves

with their giant radial leaves atop the 30" tall snakeskin-patterned stems

bella hails from Gila County (north of Phoenix)

they may see stunning 10' tall specimens

with 2' spikes of tiny pink buds which open to small white flowers

If you were a child of the '60s

Agave parryi ssp couesii Yavapai Co Arizona Ipheion with their giant radial leavesAgave parryi ssp. couesii is a beautifully symmetrical, but slow growing century plant from Central Arizona (4,500' 8,000' elevation), so it has good winter hardiness. Agave parryi ssp. couesii forms a 1. 5' tall x 2. 5' wide rosette of fairly narrow (for Agave parryi) blue green foliage. The clumps are usually good off setters, but that trait varies from seedling to seedling. Because of its high elevation origins, it is very sensitive to excessive