Agave ovatifolia Lava Flow Hesperaloe The unique evergreen leaves

The unique evergreen leaves

with its slowly spreading habit similar to its faster spreading cousin

The result is an outstanding 15" tall x 3' wide clump of dark green leaves highlighted by a dramatic creamy white center and an uneven chartreuse band between the green and white

The foliage is foraged for food in Japan and extracts from the roots

Even in northern climates

Agave ovatifolia Lava Flow Hesperaloe The unique evergreen leavesAgave ovatifolia 'Lava Flow' is a 2019 Plant Delights Nursery introduction of an odd mutant that we selected years ago from Agave 'Vanzie' that didn't have any teeth. Okay, having no teeth is actually common with some species here in rural North Carolina, but not so much in the century plant world. This amazing Agave 'Lava Flow' forms a 3' tall x 5' mound of slick, wavy, glaucous blue leaves, whose form resembles the lava flow from a volcano. Since