Agave nickelsiae Deer Resistant Plants Similar to Paeonia japonica

Similar to Paeonia japonica

heavily speckled with muted tiny yellow "freckles

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The most vigorous individuals might occasionally need to reined in where they have spread too far if space is limited

Agave nickelsiae Deer Resistant Plants Similar to Paeonia japonicaAgave nickelsiae is the new we mean old name for the North American native, Agave ferdinandi regis (yes, ferdinandi is spelled correctly). Agave nickelsiae is often lumped by herbarium taxonomists (people who study dead plants) with Agave victoriae reginae, but Agave nickelsiae can be easily distinguished by more glaucous foliage, larger leaves, and larger terminal black spines. Each tight, slow growing clump will reach 10" tall x 18" wide. We'll let