Agave murpheyi Engard Lepechinia Salvia leucantha 'Ferpink'

Salvia leucantha 'Ferpink'

our plant begins flowering in mid-February (NC) and continues until fall

walking through the temperate house at the Missouri Botanic Garden

since this poor plant's identity has been batted around by taxonomists more than a tennis ball on Wimbledon's Centre Court

Colocasia esculenta 'Elepaio' is a true curiosity and what we call a "fun" plant for the garden

Agave murpheyi Engard Lepechinia Salvia leucantha 'Ferpink'(aka: Agave HBG 34167) Agave murpheyi 'Engard' is a rarely available, slow growing form of the sterile pre Columbian hybrid century plant (Agave palmeri x Agave vivipara), selected in the wilds of Arizona in 1974 by the late director of Arizona's Desert Botanical Garden, Rodney Engard. It was later introduced to cultivation in 2004 by California's Huntington Botanic Garden' International Succulent Introduction program. Agave 'Engard' forms an 2' tall