Agave nizandensis Double Stripe Arachniodes This North American native perennial

This North American native perennial (from Minnesota south to Virginia) is found in moist prairies

As the night temperatures cool

Sticking out from the end of the floral swirl are the sex organs

This is a true bio plant (botanical interest only)

Each rosette in the patch is adorned with small three-petaled flesh-colored flowers that are hidden at the leaf axils

Agave nizandensis Double Stripe Arachniodes This North American native perennialAgave nizandensis 'Double Stripe' is a 2020 Plant Delights JLBG introduction of the endangered Oaxacan (Southern Mexico) native, shade loving, slope residing century plant. We first selected a seedling of the unarmed, squid like century plant that had a prominent gold center pattern, and then waited patiently for a streak to appear in a single leaf. Five years later, we were finally able to isolate the streak into variegated edges down both sides of