Agave americana Fred Heutte and the eye

and the eye

on pollinated females

understory shrub of rich eastern woodlands

and send a plant across to England

Barleria cristata is a showy subtropical shrub that saves its display for the close of the year

Agave americana Fred Heutte and the eyeThe century plant is the great architectural agave, a broad rosette of thick, gray green, spine tipped leaves that can spread six to eight feet across, each leaf edged with hooked teeth and ending in a hard dark spine. The form is bold and symmetrical, a piece of living sculpture for a hot, dry corner, and the silver cast of the foliage carries the planting through every season. Few plants have served people longer. Native to Mexico and the warm