Agave parryi ssp huachucensis Desert Delight Clumping Bamboo This easy-to-grow cobra lily is

This easy-to-grow cobra lily is spectacular enough to grow just for the foliage

A streaked Hosta 'Virginia Reel' (Hosta 'Crepe Suzette' x Hosta 'Riptide') in Judy Springer's Great Falls

named for cypripedium grower Michael Weinert

it is important to plant this on a slope to mimic its epiphytic nature

Agave parryi ssp huachucensis Desert Delight Clumping Bamboo This easy-to-grow cobra lily isAgave parryi 'Desert Delight' is a 2023 Plant Delights JLBG introduction of an edged sport of Agave parryi ssp. huachucensis. The edge of each blue leaf is bordered with a muted chartreuse band. Unlike brighter variegated century plants, Agave 'Desert Delight' is as winter hardy as the non variegated species. We have grown Agave 'Desert Delight' outdoors in the garden since 2017, in a location where the soil remains dry in the winter. We expect Agave