Agave obscura Red Skyline Europe Mike crossed his voluptuous Agave

Mike crossed his voluptuous Agave ovatifolia with pollen from an unsuspecting Agave flexispina

While it prefers wet soil

The 3' wide clump of corrugated foliage is topped by 2' spikes of lavender flowers in midsummer

to see these magnificent specimens growing in dense shade under tree-size camellias

In this population we found quite a few plants with very nice silver-centered patterns

Agave obscura Red Skyline Europe Mike crossed his voluptuous Agave(aka: Agave polyacantha v. xalapensis shadow marginated) We are thrilled to once again have enough to share of Agave obscura 'Red Skyline', found as a seedling by a friend and agave collector, Stef van Dort. Agave obscura 'Red Skyline' forms a 15" tall x 2' wide rosette of very dark, forest green leaves, absent any spines other than the leaf tip. The leaf margins are bordered with a wide contrasting stripe of light green, which is then edged with a