Agave americana Mediopicta Aurea Cypella flowering is reduced

flowering is reduced

and not readily eaten by rabbits and deer

so we've altered the name a bit and added a proper cultivar to honor garden designer Marco Stufano who first brought it to the US

eventually creating a stack of porcupine-like balls

Roy Herold's 1996 introduction is a H

Agave americana Mediopicta Aurea Cypella flowering is reducedWe have been unable to determine the origin of Agave americana 'Aurea', which we have grown for nearly two decades. This smaller, but lovely form of the giant Agave americana has leaves which are mostly bright yellow, surrounded by a contrasting blue edge. In containers, we have never been able to get this century plant to grow larger than 1' tall x 2' wide. Because of the amount of pigment in the yellow leaves, we don't recommend more than a few