A spectacular variegated Agave, great for landscape use in warm zones or as a pot plant anywhere. The leaves are a light green, washed with silvery gray and heavily striated and albomarginated with white. The shape is very full, creating a rounded rosette of many leaves.
This widespread species is found from Peru to Bolivia and Brazil. We have several slightly different clones in our collection, each with different characteristics. This particular one was a 2000 ISI introduction and is a compact plant to about 12 inches max, and has silvery-green leaves. A nice feature is that it offsets freely and blooms faithfully with a tall, branched inflorescence up almost 4 feet tall, with bright yellow flowers. As is characteristic with Deuterocohnia, the inflorescence persists after anthesis to bloom again in successive years.
A hybrid of platyphylla x 'Tarzana' by Bryan Windham. Chocolatey-purple glossy foliage with white spines. mature around 8 inches across. A striking plant!