Agave parryi ssp truncata Gentrys Blue Trees easy to grow

easy to grow

greatly oversized for the plant

although they will eventually mature at 6' tall x 5' wide

The new growth which emerges alongside the flowers in mid-March (NC) is mottled reddish bronze

but in temperate climate gardens it rarely exceeds 6' tall x 10' wide and less when grown as a container plant

Agave parryi ssp truncata Gentrys Blue Trees easy to growVirtually all of the Agave parryi ssp. truncata in the trade is the Huntington clone, which will die at temperatures much below 15 20 degrees F. Agave 'Gentry's Blue' is a 2024 Plant Delights JLBG introduction of a Zone 7b, winter hardy form of Agave parryi ssp. truncata, originally collected by the late Agave guru, Howard Gentry (DSBG 1966 05852). With great age, it will develop 18" tall x 18" wide rosettes, that produce a few offsets once they near