Agave cv. Cornelius

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Since 4 Aug 2013

Agave cv. Cornelius

Family: AGAVACEAE

Agave cv. Cornelius Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
has gorgeous wide creamy-yellow margins on blue-green undulating spidery foliage. This is an excellent variegated Agave for smaller areas of the garden.

Origin and Habitat: Garden origin. California (USA)

Synonyms:

Agave cv. Cornelius

Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Dwarf Variegated Century Plant

Description: This is a compact, small monstrous and strongly variegated form of Agave americanaSN|162]]SN|162]] that sometime stay solitary or that suckers to form small colonies. There is some question whether it is a cultivar of Agave americanaSN|162]]SN|162]] or not, but but the rare blue reversion looks nothing like Agave americanaSN|162]]SN|162]]. It has attractive colours, though somewhat brighter, than Agave americanaSN|162]]SN|162]] f. variegata.
Rosette: Grows slowly up to about 45 cm tall x 75 cm wide.
Leaves: Short, unusually thick, wavy blue-green highlighted by 5 cm wide golden borders. The leaf margins tend to be somewhat irregular and irregularly spined as well.

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Agave americana group

Agave americana L.: Solitary or slowly clumping grey-blue rosette up to 4 m wide up to 150-200 cm tall. The leaves are often refexed above the middle. Cultivated worldwide with several different variety.
Agave americana f. aureo-marginata hort.: Variegated cultivar with yellow stripes along the margins of each leaf.
Agave americana var. expansa (Jacobi) Gentry: has a short trunk up to 60 cm tall with grey-glaucous cross zoned leaves.
Agave americana f. medio-picta alba: Variegated cultivar with a broad white band down the centre of each leaf.
Agave americana var. oaxacensis Gentry: Has very large glaucous-white leaves with nearly straight margins. Leaves never reflexed. Cultivated form mainly in Oaxaca Valley.
Agave americana var. picta (Salm-Dyck) A.Terracc.: The name "picta" has been variously used to indicate a number of varieties, segregated largely on the basis of the yellow or whitish striations. This variegated forms are inconstant in their colour patterns.
Agave americana subs. protamericana Gentry: Regarded as the wild progenitor of the cultivated Agave americana differs in its greater variability in form, spination and colour of the leaves which generally are shorter, compact and wider.
Agave americana subs. protamericana cv. Blue Steel: has beautiful steel-blue, tight, upright, leaves with wider blade than some clones.
Agave americana var. striata Trel. in L.H.Bailey: Variegated cultivar with multiple yellow to white stripes along the leaves.
Agave cv. Cornelius: small monstrous and strongly variegated form with gorgeous wide creamy-yellow margins on blue-green undulating spidery foliage.

Agave cv. Cornelius Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

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Cultivation and Propagation: These striking small agaves are wonderful when used for accent or simply to provide some all year round foliage colour and often used in a pot as a patio plant, they make an eye-catching statement and along with other evergreen plants in pots, can be moved around to change the scenery or position to give more shelter.
Cultivation: This is a very popular cultivar but it is relatively slow to grow and propagate, it tend to do less well than the standard blue-grey species plant, hence the price. They do well in full sun or a lightly shaded area.
In winter watering this plant can be done once every 1-2 months, there is no need to mist the leaves. Agave americanaSN|162]]SN|162]] is theoretically hardy to -9° C, particularly when dry but this cultivar is more tender and it is best to avoid freezing temperatures.
Propagation: Exclusively by suckers Remove the basal suckers (if available) in spring or summer and let the cuttings dry for a few days before inserting in compost.

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