Dry Climate Garden: Plant Profile - Agaves!!

This week on The Horti-Culturalists we visit the very special garden of Sue Davis for the first of a series of videos about her incredible collection of dry climate plants. And this week we're focusing on Sue's wonderful collection of Agaves! We'll look at seven species in particular and talk all things propagation and ideal growing conditions. As Sue's winters have become drier and more frosty, she's had to move some of her Agaves to more sheltered positions where they still manage to thrive and bloom even in shade!
If you're interested in organising a group to visit Sue's garden you can by contacting Stephen at his nursery: stephenryan.co...
The plants we cover in this video are:
Agave sisalana
Agave hurteri
Agave parryi var patonii
Agave dealbata syn Agave dasylirioides
Agave geminiflora
Agave Americana aureopicta
Agave salmiana

[@darenbarclay9574]

Really appreciate your show, thank you

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Thanks for watching!

[@MarcAotearoa]

Love your films. Stephen is so knowledgeable and passionate and Matthew is a great host

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Thanks for watching!

[@johnblaine1479]

I saw a large pair of agave planted either side of the stepped entrance to a temple in Bali. To avert wounding visitors with its stiffly projecting leaves, the large vicious spike at the end of each leaf was covered with a white egg . A user friendly spectacularly decorative sight.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

How fabulous! Thanks for watching!

[@sannaericditsler4034]

Thank you for the video. Once again it was interesting and entertaining.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Our pleasure! Regards Stephen

[@nolongerdreaming7443]

Awesome video guys - Thank you for showing us Sue's extraordinary garden!! Eagerly looking forward to the aloe segment Yay. Had to laugh about the petunias - so true though what a good way to look at losing an Agave.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Our pleasure!Regards Stephen

[@joanne-et6pm]

Thanks Stephen & Matt my favourite one is algave Salmiana beautiful great form & spectacular ! I need one of those in my garden Thanks again guys for great video Happy gardening 🌸🐝

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Our pleasure! Regards Stephen

[@Afriplants]

Congratulations keep up the good work

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Thanks for watching!

[@bbhue1238]

Enjoy your show. Have you get any advice on avocado trees, iv killed a couple already 😂

[@thehorti-culturalists]

depends on where you are as to the best way of growing Avocados. They need shelter from strong winds, a moist but never wet soil and usually two different forms for cross pollination. Regards Stephen

[@bbhue1238]

@@thehorti-culturalists thank you for your reply, my latest attempt has me trying a water tank cut in half with the best soil I could buy about 90cm high far away from clay and I build a shade house over the tanks. I’m determined to grow them now cause iv failed so many times 🤣. Big collector of proteas/banksias as well👍. I enjoyed your show about eucalyptus as well as I have a great macrocarpa that is probably my favourite plant.

[@roytate3889]

Steven, I love what you do and your unlimited knowledge of plants but you are so wrong on the way you pronounce agave. No one in the US or Mexico does it that way. You assumed wright in pronouncing the the latter version, unless you live Down Under. Saying that here would invoke some smiles by us desert rats. I should know, looking out my window at my front yard in the great Sonoran Desert of Phoenix, Arizona loaded with them. Defer to the way it is said by your faithful sidekick.

[@estebancorral5151]

Amén!

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Pronunciation varies around the world and I often laugh at how some Americans pronounce the names of some of our natives. As I say to many people it is a written language and the way it is pronounced was invented by medieval priests. If an Ancient Roman was to came back he wouldn't be able to pronounce them either. The name derives from the Greek however, Agaue one of the daughters of Cadmus in Greek mythology and means illustrious. So now it is as clear as mud. Regards Stephen

[@MariaM-up2he]

It’s not Agav it’s A ga ve it’s not French but Spanish . How ignorant

[@thehorti-culturalists]

It is actually from the Greek I’m agaue a proper name in mythology for the mother of Pentheus.So please don’t call me ignorant. Regards Stephen

[@leetingchin9216]

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[@leetingchin9216]

@@thehorti-culturalistsI’m with you! Great work, keep it up ❤