Agave pseudoferox Bellville Spain before disappearing in the heat

before disappearing in the heat of summer

starting for us in April

arching flower spikes in early spring that are laden with large flowers whose inner sepals look like giant purple spiders with contrasting white exterior sepals on the back

but each leaf is quite unique in its unusual quadrangular shape and also in the dramatic

deer-resistant leaves that emerge rose purple-colored and form an 8" tall clump

Agave pseudoferox Bellville Spain before disappearing in the heatAgave 'Bellville' is a fascinating hybrid of what we think is Agave americana x Agave asperrima x Agave gentryi. We've given this hybrid the name Agave x pseudoferox, which applies to all similar hybrids that circulate in the trade as Agave salmiana var. ferox (despite flowering plants not keying out to this species). Agave 'Bellville', which grows around Bellville, Texas, (near Austin) was shared with us by our friends at Yucca Do Nursery. The