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Photo by taken at PDN Sales House
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Agave victoriae-reginae ssp. swobodae
Swobodae Queen Victoria Century Plant
This plant is not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.
Shop Available AgaveItem #: 12011
Zones: 7b to 10b, guessing
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 12" tall
Origin: Mexico
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Agave victoriae-reginae ssp. swobodae is one of the new taxa of the Mexican Queen Victoria agave, named after 2011 DNA studies show five distinctly different genetic groups residing under the same name...and we can't have that! First discovered by Czech seed collector, Josef Halda in 2000, Agave victoriae-reginae ssp. swobodae comes from the Sierra Madre escarpments that run through southern Coahuila and northeastern Durango. Here, it resides on limestone soils, and forms compact 1' tall x 1' wide rosettes with leaves that are 1/2 the length of typical Agave victoriae-reginae. The foliage of our seed crop is quite variable...some look like typical Agave victoriae-reginae and others look like Agave nickelsiae, and some resemble Agave pintilla...what an interesting mess.
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Other Attributes
Genus: Agave
Flower Color: Yellow/Gold
Leaf Color: Green
Bloom Time: Summer
Container Role: Fillers , Thrillers
Garden Themes: Fairy Garden Plants , Gnome Gardens , Green Roofs , Living Wall , Rock Garden Plants , Southwest Garden Plants
Other: Deer Resistant Plants , Drought Tolerant Plants , Fragrant Flowers , Hummingbird Plants , Pollinator Plants , Medicinal Plants , North American Native Plants , Ornamental Seed or Fruit , Plants Named After Animals , Plants that Attract Birds , Rabbit Resistant Plants , Salt Tolerant Seaside Plants , Tropical Looking Plants , Xeriscaping Plants