Agave parryi ssp truncata Gentrys Blue Texas Native Plants Taxus baccata 'Fastigiata Robusta' is

Taxus baccata 'Fastigiata Robusta' is a little known conifer that deserves a place in most gardens

evergreen groundcover

the 2' wide clumps are topped with 20" scapes of pale lavender flowers

said it was the distinctly sunken hydathodes that confirmed its identity

simply take 1-2' cane sections and store in slightly moist peat moss

Agave parryi ssp truncata Gentrys Blue Texas Native Plants Taxus baccata 'Fastigiata Robusta' isVirtually all of the Agave parryi ssp. truncata in the trade is the Huntington clone, which will die at temperatures much below 15 20 degrees F. Agave 'Gentry's Blue' is a 2024 Plant Delights JLBG introduction of a Zone 7b, winter hardy form of Agave parryi ssp. truncata, originally collected by the late Agave guru, Howard Gentry (DSBG 1966 05852). With great age, it will develop 18" tall x 18" wide rosettes, that produce a few offsets once they near