Agave loferox Stairway to Heaven Lepechinia The 4' tall stalk emerges

The 4' tall stalk emerges in late spring

North American native perennial whose native range includes 41 of the 50 states

Hosta 'Zebra Stripes' is one of the most asked about hostas in our garden

when the seedlings finally flowered in 2012

Agave loferox Stairway to Heaven Lepechinia The 4' tall stalk emergesIn 2009, we hand crossed flowering plants of Agave lophantha with pollen from Agave x pseudoferox 'Logan Calhoun' (our name for plants we now believe to be hybrids of Agave americana, asperrima, and gentryi, and incorrectly grown as Agave salmiana var. ferox). Our seed strain, which we introduced in 2011 as Agave 'Stairway to Heaven', is fairly consistent in combining traits from each parent the upturned leaf tips of Agave gentryi and asperrima, the