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Manfreda virginica
Deciduous Agave
This plant is not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.
Shop Available ManfredaItem #: 9120
Zones: 4b to 8b, at least
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 8" tall
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Although it's rarely offered for sale, our native deciduous agave should be grown in every garden where it's hardy. This easy-to-grow, drought-tolerant perennial, native from Illinois south to Florida, makes a flat rosette of fleshy green leaves, often spotted liver-purple. Amazingly, Manfreda virginica has also thrived for years in southern Minnesota gardens. In midsummer, Manfreda virginica rosettes are topped with 6' tall flower spikes, ending in a floral cluster of amazing, tubular purple flowers with huge yellow anthers (related to tuberose). We have found these to be especially loved by hummingbirds. Some European taxonomists have lumped manfreda into the genus agave...if I catch 'em in a dark alley, I'll show 'em what lumping is really all about!
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Other Attributes
Genus: Manfreda
Flower Color: Brown/Tan , Purple/Lavender
Leaf Color: Brown/Tan , Purple/Lavender
Bloom Time: Summer
Container Role: Fillers
Garden Themes: Green Roofs , Living Wall , Rock Garden Plants , Southwest Garden Plants
Other: Drought Tolerant Plants , Florida Native Plants , Georgia native plants , Hummingbird Plants , Pollinator Plants , Medicinal Plants , North American Native Plants , North Carolina Native Plants , Plants that Attract Birds , Texas native plants , Xeriscaping Plants , Patterned Foliage , United States Native Plants