PUSHING THE BORDERS

Another year of flowering Agaves etc.
Agave wocomahi again. In 2024 I had a large one, from seed to flowering. It produced 1000s of viable seed. This year a smaller one produced a great flower but no seed pods.







However a pup of a year old went into flower with it’s parent and I would guess this is one of the worlds smallest flowering Agave wocomahi





A sort of horticultural tragedy…

Then a Trichocereus pachanoi which I’ve had since 2024 has not only doubled in size but sent a flower out as well. After it flowered a pup at the base emerged. Very exciting. I decided to plant it out today in its broken pot where the flowering Agave was.





Two Manfreda 'Macha Mocha' (xMangave) also flowered this summer. Pups are exploding from the stem all over.
You can just barely see them in pic 1. Bad light angle etc.
All in a very good summer for action. It’s also been extremely dry sunny and hot.

Sounds like you have really benefited from this summers heat Andrew

Your garden is looking great Andrew. I see you have agapanthus. Here are some pics of mine:



















I think you were worried about your winter lows with these when I suggested them last year. Well it was a reasonably cold winter and spring here in Shropshire. We got down to at least -10 with plenty of frost and snow and, due to illness, I didn’t get round to covering the base of my plants. I usually put a bit of straw around the necks and hold in place with bark. Not only did they all survive, I’ve had the biggest and best blooms so far.